Elegant Water Shrew vs Meerkat

Nectogale elegans compared with Suricata suricatta

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Elegant Water Shrew	Meerkat
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum same	Chordata (Chordates)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class same	Mammalia (Mammals)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)	Carnivora (Carnivorans)
Family	Soricidae	Herpestidae
Genus	Nectogale	Suricata
Species	Nectogale elegans	Suricata suricatta

Evolutionary Relationship

Elegant Water Shrew and Meerkat share a common ancestor at the Class level: Mammalia. (Mammals)

Conservation Status

Elegant Water Shrew

LC — Least Concern

Meerkat

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Elegant Water Shrew	Meerkat
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Elegant Water Shrew

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Meerkat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Belgium and Ecuador.