Elegant Water Shrew vs Gray-breasted Spurfowl

Nectogale elegans compared with Pternistis rufopictus

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Elegant Water Shrew	Gray-breasted Spurfowl
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum same	Chordata (Chordates)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Aves (Birds)
Order	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)	Galliformes (Galliformes)
Family	Soricidae	Phasianidae
Genus	Nectogale	Pternistis
Species	Nectogale elegans	Pternistis rufopictus

Evolutionary Relationship

Elegant Water Shrew and Gray-breasted Spurfowl share a common ancestor at the Phylum level: Chordata. (Chordates)

Conservation Status

Elegant Water Shrew

LC — Least Concern

Gray-breasted Spurfowl

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Elegant Water Shrew	Gray-breasted Spurfowl
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Elegant Water Shrew

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Gray-breasted Spurfowl

Habitat

Typically found in various aerial, terrestrial, and aquatic environments.

Range

Found in Norway.