Elegant Water Shrew vs Leadville

Nectogale elegans compared with Astragalus molybdenus

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Elegant Water Shrew	Leadville
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)	Fabales (Legumes & Allies)
Family	Soricidae	Fabaceae
Genus	Nectogale	Astragalus
Species	Nectogale elegans	Astragalus molybdenus

Conservation Status

Elegant Water Shrew

LC — Least Concern

Leadville

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Elegant Water Shrew

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Leadville

Habitat

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