Elegant Water Shrew vs Mastic Thyme

Nectogale elegans compared with Thymus mastichina

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Elegant Water Shrew	Mastic Thyme
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	Thymus
Species	Nectogale elegans	Thymus mastichina

Conservation Status

Elegant Water Shrew

LC — Least Concern

Mastic Thyme

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Elegant Water Shrew	Mastic Thyme
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Elegant Water Shrew

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Mastic Thyme

Habitat

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