Elegant Water Shrew vs king colobus

Nectogale elegans compared with Colobus polykomos

Key Differences

• Elegant Water Shrew is Least Concern while king colobus is Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Elegant Water Shrew	king colobus
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum same	Chordata (Chordates)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class same	Mammalia (Mammals)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)	Primates (Primates)
Family	Soricidae	Cercopithecidae (Old World Monkeys)
Genus	Nectogale	Colobus
Species	Nectogale elegans	Colobus polykomos

Evolutionary Relationship

Elegant Water Shrew and king colobus share a common ancestor at the Class level: Mammalia. (Mammals)

Conservation Status

Elegant Water Shrew

LC — Least Concern

king colobus

EN — Endangered

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Elegant Water Shrew	king colobus
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Elegant Water Shrew

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

king colobus

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.