Ashy pipewort vs Malayan Water Shrew

Eriocaulon cinereum compared with Chimarrogale hantu

Key Differences

• Ashy pipewort is Least Concern while Malayan Water Shrew is Near Threatened.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Ashy pipewort	Malayan Water Shrew
Kingdom	Plantae (planta)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (cordados)
Class	Liliopsida (Monocots)	Mammalia (mamíferos)
Order	Poales (Grasses)	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)
Family	Eriocaulaceae	Soricidae
Genus	Eriocaulon	Chimarrogale
Species	Eriocaulon cinereum	Chimarrogale hantu

Conservation Status

Ashy pipewort

LC — Least Concern

Malayan Water Shrew

NT — Near Threatened

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Ashy pipewort	Malayan Water Shrew
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Ashy pipewort

Habitat

Inhabits deserts and xeric shrublands within the Palearctic biogeographic realm.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Guinea), Asia (India, Taiwan, Uzbekistan), Europe (Italy), North America (United States), and South America (Brazil).

Malayan Water Shrew

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Ashy pipewort

Ashy pipewort (Eriocaulon cinereum) is a species in the genus Eriocaulon. It is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Inhabits deserts and xeric shrublands within the Palearctic biogeographic realm.