Elegant Water Shrew vs Sallow Button

Nectogale elegans compared with Acleris hastiana

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Elegant Water Shrew	Sallow Button
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Insecta (Insects)
Order	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)	Lepidoptera (Butterflies & Moths)
Family	Soricidae	Tortricidae
Genus	Nectogale	Acleris
Species	Nectogale elegans	Acleris hastiana

Evolutionary Relationship

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

Conservation Status

Elegant Water Shrew

LC — Least Concern

Sallow Button

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Elegant Water Shrew	Sallow Button
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Elegant Water Shrew

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Sallow Button

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

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