Elegant Water Shrew vs Red-faced Crombec

Nectogale elegans compared with Sylvietta whytii

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Elegant Water Shrew	Red-faced Crombec
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum same	Chordata (Chordates)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Aves (Birds)
Order	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)	Passeriformes (Songbirds)
Family	Soricidae	Macrosphenidae
Genus	Nectogale	Sylvietta
Species	Nectogale elegans	Sylvietta whytii

Evolutionary Relationship

Elegant Water Shrew and Red-faced Crombec share a common ancestor at the Phylum level: Chordata. (Chordates)

Conservation Status

Elegant Water Shrew

LC — Least Concern

Red-faced Crombec

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Elegant Water Shrew	Red-faced Crombec
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Elegant Water Shrew

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Red-faced Crombec

Habitat

Typically found in various aerial, terrestrial, and aquatic environments.

Range

Found in Norway.