Elegant Water Shrew vs hora

Nectogale elegans compared with Dipterocarpus zeylanicus

Key Differences

• Elegant Water Shrew is Least Concern while hora is Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Elegant Water Shrew	hora
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)	Malvales (Malvales)
Family	Soricidae	Dipterocarpaceae
Genus	Nectogale	Dipterocarpus
Species	Nectogale elegans	Dipterocarpus zeylanicus

Conservation Status

Elegant Water Shrew

LC — Least Concern

hora

EN — Endangered

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Elegant Water Shrew	hora
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Elegant Water Shrew

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

hora

Habitat

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