Black Leaf vs Elegant Water Shrew

Apiosporina collinsii compared with Nectogale elegans

Key Differences

• Black Leaf is Not Evaluated while Elegant Water Shrew is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Black Leaf	Elegant Water Shrew
Kingdom	Fungi (Fungi)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Ascomycota (Sac Fungi)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Dothideomycetes (Dothideomycetes)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Venturiales (Venturiales)	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)
Family	Venturiaceae	Soricidae
Genus	Apiosporina	Nectogale
Species	Apiosporina collinsii	Nectogale elegans

Conservation Status

Black Leaf

NE — Not Evaluated

Elegant Water Shrew

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Black Leaf	Elegant Water Shrew
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Black Leaf

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Norway and United States.

Elegant Water Shrew

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Black Leaf

The Black Leaf (Apiosporina collinsii) is a species in the genus Apiosporina. Native to Europe and North America, inhabiting ecosystems characteristic of the region. Its geographic range spans Distributed across Norway and United States.