Elegant Water Shrew vs Freckled Dapperling

Nectogale elegans compared with Echinoderma asperum

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Elegant Water Shrew	Freckled Dapperling
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Fungi (Fungi)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Agaricomycetes (Mushrooms)
Order	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)	Agaricales (Gilled Mushrooms)
Family	Soricidae	Agaricaceae (Agarics)
Genus	Nectogale	Echinoderma
Species	Nectogale elegans	Echinoderma asperum

Conservation Status

Elegant Water Shrew

LC — Least Concern

Freckled Dapperling

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Elegant Water Shrew	Freckled Dapperling
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Elegant Water Shrew

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Freckled Dapperling

Habitat

Typically found in forest floors, decomposing wood, and soil ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Brazil, Denmark, Norway, Sweden, and United States.