Malayan Water Shrew vs carapau

Chimarrogale hantu compared with Ammannia coccinea

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Malayan Water Shrew	carapau
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (plantas)
Phylum	Chordata (cordados)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (mamíferos)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)	Myrtales (Myrtales)
Family	Soricidae	Lythraceae
Genus	Chimarrogale	Ammannia
Species	Chimarrogale hantu	Ammannia coccinea

Conservation Status

Malayan Water Shrew

NT — Near Threatened

carapau

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Malayan Water Shrew

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

carapau

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (4 countries), Europe (10 countries), North America (6 countries), and South America (Chile, Colombia).