Arrocillo vs Elegant Water Shrew

Paspalum paniculatum compared with Nectogale elegans

Key Differences

• Arrocillo is Not Evaluated while Elegant Water Shrew is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Arrocillo	Elegant Water Shrew
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Liliopsida (Monocots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Poales (Grasses)	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)
Family	Poaceae (Grass Family)	Soricidae
Genus	Paspalum	Nectogale
Species	Paspalum paniculatum	Nectogale elegans

Conservation Status

Arrocillo

NE — Not Evaluated

Elegant Water Shrew

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Arrocillo	Elegant Water Shrew
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Arrocillo

Habitat

Typically found in grasslands, wetlands, forests, and cultivated landscapes.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (7 countries), Asia (China, Japan, Taiwan), Europe (4 countries), North America (6 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (9 countries), and South America (Brazil, Colombia).

Elegant Water Shrew

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Arrocillo

The Arrocillo, Paspalum paniculatum, is a species. Typically found in grasslands, wetlands, forests, and cultivated landscapes.