Elegant Water Shrew vs Keruing

Nectogale elegans compared with Dipterocarpus eurhynchus

Key Differences

• Elegant Water Shrew is Least Concern while Keruing is Near Threatened.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Elegant Water Shrew	Keruing
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 eurhynchus

Conservation Status

Elegant Water Shrew

LC — Least Concern

Keruing

NT — Near Threatened

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Elegant Water Shrew

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Keruing

Habitat

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