Elegant Water Shrew vs Pineland False Buttonweed

Nectogale elegans compared with Spermacoce tetraquetra

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Elegant Water Shrew	Pineland False Buttonweed
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)	Gentianales (Gentianales)
Family	Soricidae	Rubiaceae
Genus	Nectogale	Spermacoce
Species	Nectogale elegans	Spermacoce tetraquetra

Conservation Status

Elegant Water Shrew

LC — Least Concern

Pineland False Buttonweed

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Elegant Water Shrew	Pineland False Buttonweed
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Elegant Water Shrew

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Pineland False Buttonweed

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Brazil and Cuba.