Elegant Water Shrew vs Flat crown

Nectogale elegans compared with Albizia adianthifolia

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Elegant Water Shrew	Flat crown
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)	Fabales (Legumes & Allies)
Family	Soricidae	Fabaceae
Genus	Nectogale	Albizia
Species	Nectogale elegans	Albizia adianthifolia

Conservation Status

Elegant Water Shrew

LC — Least Concern

Flat crown

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Elegant Water Shrew	Flat crown
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Elegant Water Shrew

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Flat crown

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Brazil, Guinea, and United States.