Elegant Water Shrew vs many-lined moth

Nectogale elegans compared with Costaconvexa polygrammata

Key Differences

• Elegant Water Shrew is Least Concern while many-lined moth is Near Threatened.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Elegant Water Shrew	many-lined moth
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Insecta (Insects)
Order	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)	Lepidoptera (Butterflies & Moths)
Family	Soricidae	Geometridae
Genus	Nectogale	Costaconvexa
Species	Nectogale elegans	Costaconvexa polygrammata

Evolutionary Relationship

Elegant Water Shrew and many-lined moth share a common ancestor at the Kingdom level: Animalia. (Animals)

Conservation Status

Elegant Water Shrew

LC — Least Concern

many-lined moth

NT — Near Threatened

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Elegant Water Shrew	many-lined moth
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Elegant Water Shrew

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

many-lined moth

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Distributed across Belgium, Denmark, and Sweden. Listed as Near Threatened, this species requires ongoing monitoring to prevent population decline.