Elegant Water Shrew vs mining bee

Nectogale elegans compared with Andrena fulva

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Elegant Water Shrew	mining bee
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Insecta (Insects)
Order	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)	Hymenoptera (Ants, Bees & Wasps)
Family	Soricidae	Andrenidae
Genus	Nectogale	Andrena
Species	Nectogale elegans	Andrena fulva

Evolutionary Relationship

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

Conservation Status

Elegant Water Shrew

LC — Least Concern

mining bee

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Elegant Water Shrew	mining bee
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Elegant Water Shrew

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

mining bee

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

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