Elegant Water Shrew vs rough-leaf hydrangea

Nectogale elegans compared with Hydrangea aspera

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Elegant Water Shrew	rough-leaf hydrangea
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)	Cornales (Cornales)
Family	Soricidae	Hydrangeaceae
Genus	Nectogale	Hydrangea
Species	Nectogale elegans	Hydrangea aspera

Conservation Status

Elegant Water Shrew

LC — Least Concern

rough-leaf hydrangea

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Elegant Water Shrew	rough-leaf hydrangea
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Elegant Water Shrew

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

rough-leaf hydrangea

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Norway, Sweden, and Taiwan.