Elegant Water Shrew vs plain pug

Nectogale elegans compared with Eupithecia simpliciata

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Elegant Water Shrew	plain pug
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Insecta (Insects)
Order	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)	Lepidoptera (Butterflies & Moths)
Family	Soricidae	Geometridae
Genus	Nectogale	Eupithecia
Species	Nectogale elegans	Eupithecia simpliciata

Evolutionary Relationship

Elegant Water Shrew and plain pug share a common ancestor at the Kingdom level: Animalia. (Animals)

Conservation Status

Elegant Water Shrew

LC — Least Concern

plain pug

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Elegant Water Shrew	plain pug
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Elegant Water Shrew

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

plain pug

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Distributed across Belgium, Denmark, Norway, and Sweden.