Elegant Water Shrew vs Monkey comb

Nectogale elegans compared with Amphilophium crucigerum

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Elegant Water Shrew	Monkey comb
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)	Lamiales (Lamiales)
Family	Soricidae	Bignoniaceae
Genus	Nectogale	Amphilophium
Species	Nectogale elegans	Amphilophium crucigerum

Conservation Status

Elegant Water Shrew

LC — Least Concern

Monkey comb

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Elegant Water Shrew	Monkey comb
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Elegant Water Shrew

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Monkey comb

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Australia, Brazil, Colombia, Cuba, and United States.