Elegant Water Shrew vs Pine Jelly

Nectogale elegans compared with Exidia saccharina

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Elegant Water Shrew	Pine Jelly
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Fungi (Fungi)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Agaricomycetes (Mushrooms)
Order	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)	Auriculariales (Auriculariales)
Family	Soricidae	Auriculariaceae
Genus	Nectogale	Exidia
Species	Nectogale elegans	Exidia saccharina

Conservation Status

Elegant Water Shrew

LC — Least Concern

Pine Jelly

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Elegant Water Shrew	Pine Jelly
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Elegant Water Shrew

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Pine Jelly

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Belgium, Denmark, Norway, and Sweden.