Devil-thorn vs Elegant Water Shrew

Echinocereus pseudopectinatus compared with Nectogale elegans

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Devil-thorn	Elegant Water Shrew
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Caryophyllales (Caryophyllales)	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)
Family	Cactaceae	Soricidae
Genus	Echinocereus	Nectogale
Species	Echinocereus pseudopectinatus	Nectogale elegans

Conservation Status

Devil-thorn

LC — Least Concern

Elegant Water Shrew

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Devil-thorn	Elegant Water Shrew
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Devil-thorn

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.