Elegant Water Shrew vs iron-grass

Nectogale elegans compared with Spermacoce confusa

Key Differences

• Elegant Water Shrew is Least Concern while iron-grass is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Elegant Water Shrew	iron-grass
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)	Gentianales (Gentianales)
Family	Soricidae	Rubiaceae
Genus	Nectogale	Spermacoce
Species	Nectogale elegans	Spermacoce confusa

Conservation Status

Elegant Water Shrew

LC — Least Concern

iron-grass

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Elegant Water Shrew	iron-grass
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Elegant Water Shrew

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

iron-grass

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Brazil, Colombia, El Salvador, Guatemala, and Timor-Leste.