arrowroot vs Elegant Water Shrew

Thalia geniculata compared with Nectogale elegans

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	arrowroot	Elegant Water Shrew
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum same	Chordata (Chordates)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Thaliacea (Thaliacea)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Salpida (Salpida)	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)
Family	Salpidae	Soricidae
Genus	Thalia	Nectogale
Species	Thalia geniculata	Nectogale elegans

Evolutionary Relationship

arrowroot and Elegant Water Shrew share a common ancestor at the Phylum level: Chordata. (Chordates)

Conservation Status

arrowroot

LC — Least Concern

Elegant Water Shrew

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

arrowroot

Habitat

Native to Africa and Asia and North America, inhabiting ecosystems characteristic of the region.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Guinea), Asia (India, Taiwan), North America (Cuba), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia), and South America (Brazil, Colombia).

Elegant Water Shrew

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

arrowroot

The Arrowroot, Thalia geniculata, is a species. It is currently assessed as least concern on the IUCN Red List. Native to Africa and Asia and North America, inhabiting ecosystems characteristic of the region.