Elegant Water Shrew vs Lion's ear

Nectogale elegans compared with Leonotis leonurus

Key Differences

• Elegant Water Shrew is Least Concern while Lion's ear is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Elegant Water Shrew	Lion's ear
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)	Lamiales (Lamiales)
Family	Soricidae	Lamiaceae
Genus	Nectogale	Leonotis
Species	Nectogale elegans	Leonotis leonurus

Conservation Status

Elegant Water Shrew

LC — Least Concern

Lion's ear

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Elegant Water Shrew	Lion's ear
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Elegant Water Shrew

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Lion's ear

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Australia, Brazil, Colombia, India, and United States.