Elegant Water Shrew vs Lined Hooktail

Nectogale elegans compared with Paragomphus lineatus

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Elegant Water Shrew	Lined Hooktail
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Insecta (Insects)
Order	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)	Odonata (Odonata)
Family	Soricidae	Gomphidae
Genus	Nectogale	Paragomphus
Species	Nectogale elegans	Paragomphus lineatus

Evolutionary Relationship

Elegant Water Shrew and Lined Hooktail share a common ancestor at the Kingdom level: Animalia. (Animals)

Conservation Status

Elegant Water Shrew

LC — Least Concern

Lined Hooktail

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Elegant Water Shrew	Lined Hooktail
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Elegant Water Shrew

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Lined Hooktail

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.