Elegant Water Shrew vs Greyling Bracket

Nectogale elegans compared with Postia tephroleuca

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Elegant Water Shrew	Greyling Bracket
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Fungi (Fungi)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Agaricomycetes (Mushrooms)
Order	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)	Polyporales (Polyporales)
Family	Soricidae	Dacryobolaceae
Genus	Nectogale	Postia
Species	Nectogale elegans	Postia tephroleuca

Conservation Status

Elegant Water Shrew

LC — Least Concern

Greyling Bracket

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Elegant Water Shrew	Greyling Bracket
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Elegant Water Shrew

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Greyling Bracket

Habitat

Typically found in forest floors, decomposing wood, and soil ecosystems.

Range

Found across Europe (5 countries) and South America (Brazil).