Elegant Water Shrew vs rounded rustwort

Nectogale elegans compared with Marsupella sparsifolia

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Elegant Water Shrew	rounded rustwort
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Marchantiophyta (liverwort)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Jungermanniopsida (Jungermanniopsida)
Order	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)	Jungermanniales (Jungermanniales)
Family	Soricidae	Gymnomitriaceae
Genus	Nectogale	Marsupella
Species	Nectogale elegans	Marsupella sparsifolia

Conservation Status

Elegant Water Shrew

LC — Least Concern

rounded rustwort

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Elegant Water Shrew	rounded rustwort
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Elegant Water Shrew

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

rounded rustwort

Habitat

Native to Europe, inhabiting ecosystems characteristic of the region.

Range

Distributed across Norway, Portugal, and Sweden.