Katung Fa vs Malayan Water Shrew

Alstonia macrophylla compared with Chimarrogale hantu

Key Differences

Katung Fa is Least Concern while Malayan Water Shrew is Near Threatened.

Taxonomic Classification

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

Conservation Status

Katung Fa

LC — Least Concern

Malayan Water Shrew

NT — Near Threatened

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

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.