Elegant Water Shrew vs Pine

Nectogale elegans compared with Dacrycarpus imbricatus

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Elegant Water Shrew	Pine
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Coniferophyta (Conifers)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Pinopsida (Conifers)
Order	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)	Pinales (Pines & Allies)
Family	Soricidae	Podocarpaceae
Genus	Nectogale	Dacrycarpus
Species	Nectogale elegans	Dacrycarpus imbricatus

Conservation Status

Elegant Water Shrew

LC — Least Concern

Pine

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Elegant Water Shrew

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Pine

Habitat

Typically found in temperate and boreal forests, often at higher elevations.

Range

Distributed across Fiji and United States.