Elegant Water Shrew vs False Dotted Border

Nectogale elegans compared with Belenois thysa

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Elegant Water Shrew	False Dotted Border
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Insecta (Insects)
Order	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)	Lepidoptera (Butterflies & Moths)
Family	Soricidae	Pieridae
Genus	Nectogale	Belenois
Species	Nectogale elegans	Belenois thysa

Evolutionary Relationship

Elegant Water Shrew and False Dotted Border share a common ancestor at the Kingdom level: Animalia. (Animals)

Conservation Status

Elegant Water Shrew

LC — Least Concern

False Dotted Border

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Elegant Water Shrew	False Dotted Border
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Elegant Water Shrew

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

False Dotted Border

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.