Elegant Water Shrew vs Red-Fruited Pixie Cup

Nectogale elegans compared with Cladonia pleurota

Key Differences

• Elegant Water Shrew is Least Concern while Red-Fruited Pixie Cup is Data Deficient.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Elegant Water Shrew	Red-Fruited Pixie Cup
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Fungi (Fungi)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Ascomycota (Sac Fungi)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Lecanoromycetes (Lecanoromycetes)
Order	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)	Lecanorales (Lecanorales)
Family	Soricidae	Cladoniaceae
Genus	Nectogale	Cladonia
Species	Nectogale elegans	Cladonia pleurota

Conservation Status

Elegant Water Shrew

LC — Least Concern

Red-Fruited Pixie Cup

DD — Data Deficient

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Elegant Water Shrew	Red-Fruited Pixie Cup
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Elegant Water Shrew

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Red-Fruited Pixie Cup

Habitat

Native to Europe and North America and South America, inhabiting ecosystems characteristic of the region.

Range

Distributed across Colombia, Denmark, Norway, Sweden, and United States.