Elegant Water Shrew vs Heath Damselbug

Nectogale elegans compared with Nabis ericetorum

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Elegant Water Shrew	Heath Damselbug
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Insecta (Insects)
Order	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)	Hemiptera (Hemiptera)
Family	Soricidae	Nabidae
Genus	Nectogale	Nabis
Species	Nectogale elegans	Nabis ericetorum

Evolutionary Relationship

Elegant Water Shrew and Heath Damselbug share a common ancestor at the Kingdom level: Animalia. (Animals)

Conservation Status

Elegant Water Shrew

LC — Least Concern

Heath Damselbug

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Elegant Water Shrew	Heath Damselbug
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Elegant Water Shrew

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Heath Damselbug

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Distributed across Belgium, Denmark, Norway, and Sweden.