Elegant Water Shrew vs Philippine evergreen

Nectogale elegans compared with Aglaonema commutatum

Key Differences

• Elegant Water Shrew is Least Concern while Philippine evergreen is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Elegant Water Shrew	Philippine evergreen
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Liliopsida (Monocots)
Order	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)	Alismatales (Alismatales)
Family	Soricidae	Araceae
Genus	Nectogale	Aglaonema
Species	Nectogale elegans	Aglaonema commutatum

Conservation Status

Elegant Water Shrew

LC — Least Concern

Philippine evergreen

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Elegant Water Shrew	Philippine evergreen
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Elegant Water Shrew

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Philippine evergreen

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Algeria), Asia (Singapore), North America (United States), Oceania and the Pacific (5 countries), and South America (Brazil, Colombia).