Malayan Water Shrew vs Root-headed Centaury

Chimarrogale hantu compared with Centaurea rhizocalathium

Key Differences

• Malayan Water Shrew is Near Threatened while Root-headed Centaury is Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Malayan Water Shrew	Root-headed Centaury
Kingdom	Animalia (동물)	Plantae (식물)
Phylum	Chordata (척삭동물)	Magnoliophyta (피자식물문)
Class	Mammalia (포유류)	Magnoliopsida (목련강)
Order	Soricomorpha (땃쥐목)	Asterales (국화목)
Family	Soricidae	Asteraceae (Daisy Family)
Genus	Chimarrogale	Centaurea
Species	Chimarrogale hantu	Centaurea rhizocalathium

Conservation Status

Malayan Water Shrew

NT — Near Threatened

Root-headed Centaury

EN — Endangered

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Malayan Water Shrew	Root-headed Centaury
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Malayan Water Shrew

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Root-headed Centaury

Habitat

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