Elegant Water Shrew vs Four-barred Major

Nectogale elegans compared with Oxycera rara

Key Differences

• Elegant Water Shrew is Least Concern while Four-barred Major is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Elegant Water Shrew	Four-barred Major
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Insecta (Insects)
Order	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)	Diptera (Diptera)
Family	Soricidae	Stratiomyidae
Genus	Nectogale	Oxycera
Species	Nectogale elegans	Oxycera rara

Evolutionary Relationship

Elegant Water Shrew and Four-barred Major share a common ancestor at the Kingdom level: Animalia. (Animals)

Conservation Status

Elegant Water Shrew

LC — Least Concern

Four-barred Major

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Elegant Water Shrew	Four-barred Major
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Elegant Water Shrew

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Four-barred Major

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Distributed across Belgium and Denmark.