Java-bean vs Malayan Water Shrew

Senna obtusifolia compared with Chimarrogale hantu

Key Differences

  • Java-bean is Least Concern while Malayan Water Shrew is Near Threatened.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank Java-bean Malayan Water Shrew
Kingdom Plantae (พืช) Animalia (สัตว์)
Phylum Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants) Chordata (สัตว์มีแกนสันหลัง)
Class Magnoliopsida (พืชใบเลี้ยงคู่) Mammalia (สัตว์เลี้ยงลูกด้วยน้ำนม)
Order Fabales (อันดับถั่ว) Soricomorpha (อันดับตุ่น)
Family Fabaceae Soricidae
Genus Senna Chimarrogale
Species Senna obtusifolia Chimarrogale hantu

Conservation Status

Java-bean

LC — Least Concern

Malayan Water Shrew

NT — Near Threatened

Physical Characteristics

Attribute Java-bean Malayan Water Shrew
Diet
Average Lifespan
Average Length
Average Weight

Habitat & Geographic Range

Java-bean

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical grasslands and savannas, and flooded grasslands and savannas, among 8 distinct biome types. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (22 countries), Asia (13 countries), Europe (9 countries), North America (5 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (10 countries), and South America (5 countries).

Malayan Water Shrew

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Java-bean

No description available.

Malayan Water Shrew

No description available.

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