Alpine Blueberry vs Elegant Water Shrew

Vaccinium boreale compared with Nectogale elegans

Key Differences

• Alpine Blueberry is Not Evaluated while Elegant Water Shrew is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Alpine Blueberry	Elegant Water Shrew
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Ericales (Ericales)	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)
Family	Ericaceae	Soricidae
Genus	Vaccinium	Nectogale
Species	Vaccinium boreale	Nectogale elegans

Conservation Status

Alpine Blueberry

NE — Not Evaluated

Elegant Water Shrew

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Alpine Blueberry	Elegant Water Shrew
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Alpine Blueberry

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Canada and United States.

Elegant Water Shrew

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Alpine Blueberry

The Alpine Blueberry (Vaccinium boreale) is a species in the genus Vaccinium. Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions. Distributed across Canada and United States.