Elegant Water Shrew vs Firetree

Nectogale elegans compared with Morella faya

Key Differences

• Elegant Water Shrew is Least Concern while Firetree is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Elegant Water Shrew	Firetree
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)	Fagales (Beeches & Oaks)
Family	Soricidae	Myricaceae
Genus	Nectogale	Morella
Species	Nectogale elegans	Morella faya

Conservation Status

Elegant Water Shrew

LC — Least Concern

Firetree

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Elegant Water Shrew

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Firetree

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (Indonesia), Europe (Norway, Portugal, Sweden), North America (United States), and Oceania and the Pacific (Australia).