Elegant Water Shrew vs Jackswitch

Nectogale elegans compared with Corchorus hirsutus

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Elegant Water Shrew	Jackswitch
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)	Malvales (Malvales)
Family	Soricidae	Malvaceae
Genus	Nectogale	Corchorus
Species	Nectogale elegans	Corchorus hirsutus

Conservation Status

Elegant Water Shrew

LC — Least Concern

Jackswitch

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Elegant Water Shrew

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Jackswitch

Habitat

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

Range

Found in United States.