Elegant Water Shrew vs red-cedar

Nectogale elegans compared with Trichilia hirta

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Elegant Water Shrew	red-cedar
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)	Sapindales (Sapindales)
Family	Soricidae	Meliaceae
Genus	Nectogale	Trichilia
Species	Nectogale elegans	Trichilia hirta

Conservation Status

Elegant Water Shrew

LC — Least Concern

red-cedar

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Elegant Water Shrew	red-cedar
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Elegant Water Shrew

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

red-cedar

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Brazil, Colombia, and Cuba.