Elegant Water Shrew vs Pith Plant

Nectogale elegans compared with Aeschynomene aspera

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Elegant Water Shrew	Pith Plant
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)	Fabales (Legumes & Allies)
Family	Soricidae	Fabaceae
Genus	Nectogale	Aeschynomene
Species	Nectogale elegans	Aeschynomene aspera

Conservation Status

Elegant Water Shrew

LC — Least Concern

Pith Plant

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Elegant Water Shrew	Pith Plant
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Elegant Water Shrew

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Pith Plant

Habitat

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

Range

Found in Madagascar.