Cutnut vs Elegant Water Shrew

Barringtonia edulis compared with Nectogale elegans

Key Differences

• Cutnut is Data Deficient while Elegant Water Shrew is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Cutnut	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	Lecythidaceae	Soricidae
Genus	Barringtonia	Nectogale
Species	Barringtonia edulis	Nectogale elegans

Conservation Status

Cutnut

DD — Data Deficient

Elegant Water Shrew

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Cutnut

Habitat

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

Elegant Water Shrew

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.