Malayan Water Shrew vs Yellowhammer

Chimarrogale hantu compared with Emberiza citrinella

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Malayan Water Shrew	Yellowhammer
Kingdom same	Animalia (สัตว์)	Animalia (สัตว์)
Phylum same	Chordata (สัตว์มีแกนสันหลัง)	Chordata (สัตว์มีแกนสันหลัง)
Class	Mammalia (สัตว์เลี้ยงลูกด้วยน้ำนม)	Aves (นก)
Order	Soricomorpha (อันดับตุ่น)	Passeriformes (นกเกาะคอน)
Family	Soricidae	Emberizidae
Genus	Chimarrogale	Emberiza
Species	Chimarrogale hantu	Emberiza citrinella

Evolutionary Relationship

Malayan Water Shrew and Yellowhammer share a common ancestor at the Phylum level: Chordata. (สัตว์มีแกนสันหลัง)

Conservation Status

Malayan Water Shrew

NT — Near Threatened

Yellowhammer

NT — Near Threatened

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Malayan Water Shrew	Yellowhammer
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Malayan Water Shrew

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Yellowhammer

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including temperate broadleaf and mixed forests, tundra, and tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests spanning the Australasia and Oceanian realms.

Range

Found across Europe (5 countries) and Oceania and the Pacific (New Zealand). Listed as Near Threatened, this species requires ongoing monitoring to prevent population decline.

Yellowhammer

Yellowhammer (Emberiza citrinella) is classified as Near Threatened (NT) on the IUCN Red List. Close to qualifying as threatened, with populations that may become vulnerable without conservation action.