Elegant Water Shrew vs flame carpet

Nectogale elegans compared with Xanthorhoe designata

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Elegant Water Shrew	flame carpet
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Insecta (Insects)
Order	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)	Lepidoptera (Butterflies & Moths)
Family	Soricidae	Geometridae
Genus	Nectogale	Xanthorhoe
Species	Nectogale elegans	Xanthorhoe designata

Evolutionary Relationship

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

Conservation Status

Elegant Water Shrew

LC — Least Concern

flame carpet

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Elegant Water Shrew	flame carpet
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Elegant Water Shrew

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

flame carpet

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Distributed across Belgium, Denmark, Norway, and Sweden.