Chinese Water Shrew vs Variable Abalone

Chimarrogale styani compared with Haliotis varia

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chinese Water Shrew	Variable Abalone
Kingdom same	Animalia (สัตว์)	Animalia (สัตว์)
Phylum	Chordata (สัตว์มีแกนสันหลัง)	Mollusca (มอลลัสกา)
Class	Mammalia (สัตว์เลี้ยงลูกด้วยน้ำนม)	Gastropoda (ชั้นแกสโทรโพดา)
Order	Soricomorpha (อันดับตุ่น)	Lepetellida (Lepetellida)
Family	Soricidae	Haliotidae
Genus	Chimarrogale	Haliotis
Species	Chimarrogale styani	Haliotis varia

Evolutionary Relationship

Chinese Water Shrew and Variable Abalone share a common ancestor at the Kingdom level: Animalia. (สัตว์)

Conservation Status

Chinese Water Shrew

LC — Least Concern

Variable Abalone

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chinese Water Shrew	Variable Abalone
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Chinese Water Shrew

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Variable Abalone

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 Sri Lanka and Taiwan.

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.