Elegant Water Shrew vs Ruby Bolete

Nectogale elegans compared with Hortiboletus rubellus

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Elegant Water Shrew	Ruby Bolete
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Fungi (Fungi)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Agaricomycetes (Mushrooms)
Order	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)	Boletales (Boletales)
Family	Soricidae	Boletaceae
Genus	Nectogale	Hortiboletus
Species	Nectogale elegans	Hortiboletus rubellus

Conservation Status

Elegant Water Shrew

LC — Least Concern

Ruby Bolete

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Elegant Water Shrew	Ruby Bolete
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Elegant Water Shrew

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Ruby Bolete

Habitat

Typically found in forest floors, decomposing wood, and soil ecosystems.

Range

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