Elegant Water Shrew vs Fringed Rosette Lichen

Nectogale elegans compared with Physcia tenella

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Elegant Water Shrew	Fringed Rosette Lichen
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Fungi (Fungi)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Ascomycota (Sac Fungi)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Lecanoromycetes (Lecanoromycetes)
Order	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)	Caliciales (Caliciales)
Family	Soricidae	Physciaceae
Genus	Nectogale	Physcia
Species	Nectogale elegans	Physcia tenella

Conservation Status

Elegant Water Shrew

LC — Least Concern

Fringed Rosette Lichen

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Elegant Water Shrew	Fringed Rosette Lichen
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Elegant Water Shrew

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Fringed Rosette Lichen

Habitat

Native to Europe and North America, inhabiting ecosystems characteristic of the region.

Range

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