Elegant Water Shrew vs Gray-headed Piprites

Nectogale elegans compared with Piprites griseiceps

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Elegant Water Shrew	Gray-headed Piprites
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum same	Chordata (Chordates)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Aves (Birds)
Order	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)	Passeriformes (Songbirds)
Family	Soricidae	Cotingidae
Genus	Nectogale	Piprites
Species	Nectogale elegans	Piprites griseiceps

Evolutionary Relationship

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

Conservation Status

Elegant Water Shrew

LC — Least Concern

Gray-headed Piprites

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Elegant Water Shrew	Gray-headed Piprites
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Elegant Water Shrew

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Gray-headed Piprites

Habitat

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

Range

Found in Norway.