Elegant Water Shrew vs Floating Sundew

Nectogale elegans compared with Drosera intermedia

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Elegant Water Shrew	Floating Sundew
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)	Caryophyllales (Caryophyllales)
Family	Soricidae	Droseraceae
Genus	Nectogale	Drosera
Species	Nectogale elegans	Drosera intermedia

Conservation Status

Elegant Water Shrew

LC — Least Concern

Floating Sundew

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Elegant Water Shrew	Floating Sundew
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Elegant Water Shrew

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Floating Sundew

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (Japan), Europe (7 countries), North America (Canada, Cuba, United States), and South America (Brazil).