Malayan Water Shrew vs Prickly moses

Chimarrogale hantu compared with Acacia verticillata

Key Differences

• Malayan Water Shrew is Near Threatened while Prickly moses is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Malayan Water Shrew	Prickly moses
Kingdom	Animalia (สัตว์)	Plantae (พืช)
Phylum	Chordata (สัตว์มีแกนสันหลัง)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (สัตว์เลี้ยงลูกด้วยน้ำนม)	Magnoliopsida (พืชใบเลี้ยงคู่)
Order	Soricomorpha (อันดับตุ่น)	Fabales (อันดับถั่ว)
Family	Soricidae	Fabaceae
Genus	Chimarrogale	Acacia
Species	Chimarrogale hantu	Acacia verticillata

Conservation Status

Malayan Water Shrew

NT — Near Threatened

Prickly moses

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Malayan Water Shrew	Prickly moses
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Malayan Water Shrew

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Prickly moses

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (India), Europe (Portugal, Spain), North America (United States), Oceania and the Pacific (New Zealand), and South America (Colombia).