Elegant Water Shrew vs Forest Bead-string

Nectogale elegans compared with Alchornea hirtella

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Elegant Water Shrew	Forest Bead-string
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)	Malpighiales (Malpighiales)
Family	Soricidae	Euphorbiaceae
Genus	Nectogale	Alchornea
Species	Nectogale elegans	Alchornea hirtella

Conservation Status

Elegant Water Shrew

LC — Least Concern

Forest Bead-string

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Elegant Water Shrew	Forest Bead-string
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Elegant Water Shrew

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Forest Bead-string

Habitat

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

Range

Found in Guinea.