Elegant Water Shrew vs Gray mangrove

Nectogale elegans compared with Avicennia marina

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Elegant Water Shrew	Gray mangrove
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)	Lamiales (Lamiales)
Family	Soricidae	Acanthaceae
Genus	Nectogale	Avicennia
Species	Nectogale elegans	Avicennia marina

Conservation Status

Elegant Water Shrew

LC — Least Concern

Gray mangrove

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Elegant Water Shrew	Gray mangrove
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Elegant Water Shrew

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Gray mangrove

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.

Range

Distributed across Taiwan and United States.