Malayan Water Shrew vs yellow baboon

Chimarrogale hantu compared with Papio cynocephalus

Key Differences

• Malayan Water Shrew is Near Threatened while yellow baboon is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Malayan Water Shrew	yellow baboon
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum same	Chordata (Chordates)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class same	Mammalia (Mammals)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)	Primates (Primates)
Family	Soricidae	Cercopithecidae (Old World Monkeys)
Genus	Chimarrogale	Papio
Species	Chimarrogale hantu	Papio cynocephalus

Evolutionary Relationship

Malayan Water Shrew and yellow baboon share a common ancestor at the Class level: Mammalia. (Mammals)

Conservation Status

Malayan Water Shrew

NT — Near Threatened

yellow baboon

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Malayan Water Shrew	yellow baboon
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Malayan Water Shrew

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

yellow baboon

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.