Elegant Water Shrew vs Malachite Beetle

Nectogale elegans compared with Malachius bipustulatus

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Elegant Water Shrew	Malachite Beetle
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Insecta (Insects)
Order	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)	Coleoptera (Beetles)
Family	Soricidae	Melyridae
Genus	Nectogale	Malachius
Species	Nectogale elegans	Malachius bipustulatus

Evolutionary Relationship

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

Conservation Status

Elegant Water Shrew

LC — Least Concern

Malachite Beetle

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Elegant Water Shrew	Malachite Beetle
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Elegant Water Shrew

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Malachite Beetle

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Distributed across Belgium, Denmark, Norway, Sweden, and Switzerland.