Elegant Water Shrew vs little-tree willow

Nectogale elegans compared with Salix arbusculoides

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Elegant Water Shrew	little-tree willow
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)	Malpighiales (Malpighiales)
Family	Soricidae	Salicaceae
Genus	Nectogale	Salix
Species	Nectogale elegans	Salix arbusculoides

Conservation Status

Elegant Water Shrew

LC — Least Concern

little-tree willow

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Elegant Water Shrew	little-tree willow
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Elegant Water Shrew

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

little-tree willow

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Canada, Czech Republic, Norway, and Poland.