Malayan Water Shrew vs Zipperback

Chimarrogale hantu compared with Chrysotoxum elegans

Key Differences

• Malayan Water Shrew is Near Threatened while Zipperback is Extinct.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Malayan Water Shrew	Zipperback
Kingdom same	Animalia (animal)	Animalia (animal)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Arthropoda (arthropodes)
Class	Mammalia (mammifères)	Insecta (insecte)
Order	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)	Diptera (Diptera)
Family	Soricidae	Syrphidae
Genus	Chimarrogale	Chrysotoxum
Species	Chimarrogale hantu	Chrysotoxum elegans

Evolutionary Relationship

Malayan Water Shrew and Zipperback share a common ancestor at the Kingdom level: Animalia. (animal)

Conservation Status

Malayan Water Shrew

NT — Near Threatened

Zipperback

EX — Extinct

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Malayan Water Shrew

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Zipperback

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Distributed across Belgium, Norway, and Sweden.