Elegant Water Shrew vs Indian-laurel

Nectogale elegans compared with Litsea glutinosa

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Elegant Water Shrew	Indian-laurel
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)	Laurales (Laurales)
Family	Soricidae	Lauraceae
Genus	Nectogale	Litsea
Species	Nectogale elegans	Litsea glutinosa

Conservation Status

Elegant Water Shrew

LC — Least Concern

Indian-laurel

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Elegant Water Shrew	Indian-laurel
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Elegant Water Shrew

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Indian-laurel

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Comoros, Madagascar, Seychelles, South Africa, and Taiwan.