Chinese Water Shrew vs Katung Fa

Chimarrogale styani compared with Alstonia macrophylla

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chinese Water Shrew	Katung Fa
Kingdom	Animalia (สัตว์)	Plantae (พืช)
Phylum	Chordata (สัตว์มีแกนสันหลัง)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (สัตว์เลี้ยงลูกด้วยน้ำนม)	Magnoliopsida (พืชใบเลี้ยงคู่)
Order	Soricomorpha (อันดับตุ่น)	Gentianales (อันดับดอกหรีดเขา)
Family	Soricidae	Apocynaceae
Genus	Chimarrogale	Alstonia
Species	Chimarrogale styani	Alstonia macrophylla

Conservation Status

Chinese Water Shrew

LC — Least Concern

Katung Fa

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chinese Water Shrew	Katung Fa
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Chinese Water Shrew

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Katung Fa

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests, and deserts and xeric shrublands within the Indomalayan biogeographic realm. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Distributed across Congo (DRC), Seychelles, Sri Lanka, and United States.

Chinese Water Shrew

The Chinese Water Shrew (Chimarrogale styani) is a species in the genus Chimarrogale. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List.