Malayan Water Shrew vs Wormseed

Chimarrogale hantu compared with Dysphania anthelmintica

Key Differences

• Malayan Water Shrew is Near Threatened while Wormseed is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Malayan Water Shrew	Wormseed
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)	Caryophyllales (Caryophyllales)
Family	Soricidae	Amaranthaceae
Genus	Chimarrogale	Dysphania
Species	Chimarrogale hantu	Dysphania anthelmintica

Conservation Status

Malayan Water Shrew

NT — Near Threatened

Wormseed

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Malayan Water Shrew	Wormseed
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Malayan Water Shrew

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Wormseed

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (Japan), Europe (6 countries), and North America (United States).