Elegant Water Shrew vs Orange Disco

Nectogale elegans compared with Aleurodiscus amorphus

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Elegant Water Shrew	Orange Disco
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Fungi (Fungi)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Agaricomycetes (Mushrooms)
Order	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)	Russulales (Russulales)
Family	Soricidae	Stereaceae
Genus	Nectogale	Aleurodiscus
Species	Nectogale elegans	Aleurodiscus amorphus

Conservation Status

Elegant Water Shrew

LC — Least Concern

Orange Disco

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Elegant Water Shrew	Orange Disco
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Elegant Water Shrew

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Orange Disco

Habitat

Typically found in forest floors, decomposing wood, and soil ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Denmark, Norway, Taiwan, and United States.