Elegant Water Shrew vs paradise-nut

Nectogale elegans compared with Lecythis pisonis

Key Differences

• Elegant Water Shrew is Least Concern while paradise-nut is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Elegant Water Shrew	paradise-nut
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)	Ericales (Ericales)
Family	Soricidae	Lecythidaceae
Genus	Nectogale	Lecythis
Species	Nectogale elegans	Lecythis pisonis

Conservation Status

Elegant Water Shrew

LC — Least Concern

paradise-nut

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Elegant Water Shrew	paradise-nut
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Elegant Water Shrew

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

paradise-nut

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Brazil and Colombia.