Elegant Water Shrew vs Longleaf Willow

Nectogale elegans compared with Salix sessilifolia

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Elegant Water Shrew	Longleaf 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 sessilifolia

Conservation Status

Elegant Water Shrew

LC — Least Concern

Longleaf Willow

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Elegant Water Shrew	Longleaf Willow
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Elegant Water Shrew

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Longleaf Willow

Habitat

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

Range

Found in Canada.