Elegant Water Shrew vs Puckout

Nectogale elegans compared with Coccoloba microstachya

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Elegant Water Shrew	Puckout
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)	Caryophyllales (Caryophyllales)
Family	Soricidae	Polygonaceae
Genus	Nectogale	Coccoloba
Species	Nectogale elegans	Coccoloba microstachya

Conservation Status

Elegant Water Shrew

LC — Least Concern

Puckout

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Elegant Water Shrew

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Puckout

Habitat

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