Elegant Water Shrew vs Eleven-O'Clock

Nectogale elegans compared with Portulaca grandiflora

Key Differences

• Elegant Water Shrew is Least Concern while Eleven-O'Clock is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Elegant Water Shrew	Eleven-O'Clock
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)	Caryophyllales (Caryophyllales)
Family	Soricidae	Portulacaceae
Genus	Nectogale	Portulaca
Species	Nectogale elegans	Portulaca grandiflora

Conservation Status

Elegant Water Shrew

LC — Least Concern

Eleven-O'Clock

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Elegant Water Shrew	Eleven-O'Clock
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Elegant Water Shrew

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Eleven-O'Clock

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (8 countries), Asia (4 countries), Europe (21 countries), North America (Canada, United States), Oceania and the Pacific (4 countries), and South America (Brazil, Ecuador).