Elegant Water Shrew vs gratiola

Nectogale elegans compared with Gratiola officinalis

Key Differences

• Elegant Water Shrew is Least Concern while gratiola is Critically Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Elegant Water Shrew	gratiola
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)	Lamiales (Lamiales)
Family	Soricidae	Plantaginaceae
Genus	Nectogale	Gratiola
Species	Nectogale elegans	Gratiola officinalis

Conservation Status

Elegant Water Shrew

LC — Least Concern

gratiola

CR — Critically Endangered

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Elegant Water Shrew	gratiola
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Elegant Water Shrew

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

gratiola

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including temperate broadleaf and mixed forests, temperate coniferous forests, and Mediterranean forests and woodlands within the Palearctic biogeographic realm. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Distributed across Belgium, Denmark, France, Portugal, and Sweden. Currently classified as Critically Endangered on the IUCN Red List, this species faces significant conservation challenges across its range.