Elegant Water Shrew vs Persistent Trillium

Nectogale elegans compared with Trillium persistens

Key Differences

• Elegant Water Shrew is Least Concern while Persistent Trillium is Vulnerable.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Elegant Water Shrew	Persistent Trillium
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Liliopsida (Monocots)
Order	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)	Liliales (Liliales)
Family	Soricidae	Melanthiaceae
Genus	Nectogale	Trillium
Species	Nectogale elegans	Trillium persistens

Conservation Status

Elegant Water Shrew

LC — Least Concern

Persistent Trillium

VU — Vulnerable

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Elegant Water Shrew	Persistent Trillium
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Elegant Water Shrew

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Persistent Trillium

Habitat

Typically found in grasslands, wetlands, forests, and cultivated landscapes.