Malayan Water Shrew vs Yefen

Chimarrogale hantu compared with Fuirena umbellata

Key Differences

• Malayan Water Shrew is Near Threatened while Yefen is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Malayan Water Shrew	Yefen
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Liliopsida (Monocots)
Order	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)	Poales (Grasses)
Family	Soricidae	Cyperaceae
Genus	Chimarrogale	Fuirena
Species	Chimarrogale hantu	Fuirena umbellata

Conservation Status

Malayan Water Shrew

NT — Near Threatened

Yefen

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Malayan Water Shrew

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Yefen

Habitat

Typically found in grasslands, wetlands, forests, and cultivated landscapes.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Comoros, Guinea, Madagascar), Asia (Singapore, Taiwan), North America (Cuba, Guatemala, Honduras), Oceania and the Pacific (Marshall Islands, Micronesia, Palau), and South America (Brazil, Colombia).