Elegant Water Shrew vs Gray-crested Tit

Nectogale elegans compared with Lophophanes dichrous

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Elegant Water Shrew	Gray-crested Tit
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum same	Chordata (Chordates)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Aves (Birds)
Order	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)	Passeriformes (Songbirds)
Family	Soricidae	Paridae
Genus	Nectogale	Lophophanes
Species	Nectogale elegans	Lophophanes dichrous

Evolutionary Relationship

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

Conservation Status

Elegant Water Shrew

LC — Least Concern

Gray-crested Tit

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Elegant Water Shrew	Gray-crested Tit
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Elegant Water Shrew

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Gray-crested Tit

Habitat

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

Range

Found in Norway.