Malayan Water Shrew vs Woolly Tea-tree

Chimarrogale hantu compared with Leptospermum lanigerum

Key Differences

• Malayan Water Shrew is Near Threatened while Woolly Tea-tree is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Malayan Water Shrew	Woolly Tea-tree
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)	Myrtales (Myrtales)
Family	Soricidae	Myrtaceae
Genus	Chimarrogale	Leptospermum
Species	Chimarrogale hantu	Leptospermum lanigerum

Conservation Status

Malayan Water Shrew

NT — Near Threatened

Woolly Tea-tree

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Malayan Water Shrew	Woolly Tea-tree
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Malayan Water Shrew

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Woolly Tea-tree

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.

Range

Distributed across Belgium, France, Netherlands, and United Kingdom.