Elegant Water Shrew vs Ruby-crowned Tanager

Nectogale elegans compared with Tachyphonus coronatus

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Elegant Water Shrew	Ruby-crowned Tanager
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum same	Chordata (Chordates)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Aves (Birds)
Order	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)	Passeriformes (Songbirds)
Family	Soricidae	Thraupidae
Genus	Nectogale	Tachyphonus
Species	Nectogale elegans	Tachyphonus coronatus

Evolutionary Relationship

Elegant Water Shrew and Ruby-crowned Tanager share a common ancestor at the Phylum level: Chordata. (Chordates)

Conservation Status

Elegant Water Shrew

LC — Least Concern

Ruby-crowned Tanager

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Elegant Water Shrew	Ruby-crowned Tanager
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Elegant Water Shrew

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Ruby-crowned Tanager

Habitat

Typically found in various aerial, terrestrial, and aquatic environments.

Range

Found in Norway.