Elegant Water Shrew vs Redclaw

Nectogale elegans compared with Cherax quadricarinatus

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Elegant Water Shrew	Redclaw
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Malacostraca (Crustaceans)
Order	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)	Decapoda (Decapoda)
Family	Soricidae	Parastacidae
Genus	Nectogale	Cherax
Species	Nectogale elegans	Cherax quadricarinatus

Evolutionary Relationship

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

Conservation Status

Elegant Water Shrew

LC — Least Concern

Redclaw

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Elegant Water Shrew

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Redclaw

Habitat

Inhabits tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests within the Indomalayan biogeographic realm.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (4 countries), Asia (8 countries), Europe (8 countries), North America (5 countries), and South America (5 countries).