Elegant Water Shrew vs Irish Threadwort

Nectogale elegans compared with Telaranea europaea

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Elegant Water Shrew	Irish Threadwort
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Marchantiophyta (liverwort)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Jungermanniopsida (Jungermanniopsida)
Order	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)	Jungermanniales (Jungermanniales)
Family	Soricidae	Lepidoziaceae
Genus	Nectogale	Telaranea
Species	Nectogale elegans	Telaranea europaea

Conservation Status

Elegant Water Shrew

LC — Least Concern

Irish Threadwort

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Elegant Water Shrew	Irish Threadwort
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Elegant Water Shrew

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Irish Threadwort

Habitat

Native to Europe, inhabiting ecosystems characteristic of the region.

Range

Found in Portugal.