Elegant Water Shrew vs Fatmucket

Nectogale elegans compared with Lampsilis siliquoidea

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Elegant Water Shrew	Fatmucket
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Mollusca (Mollusks)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Bivalvia (Bivalvia)
Order	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)	Unionida (Unionida)
Family	Soricidae	Unionidae
Genus	Nectogale	Lampsilis
Species	Nectogale elegans	Lampsilis siliquoidea

Evolutionary Relationship

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

Conservation Status

Elegant Water Shrew

LC — Least Concern

Fatmucket

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Elegant Water Shrew

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Fatmucket

Habitat

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

Range

Found in United States.