Elegant Water Shrew vs sharp fig

Nectogale elegans compared with Ficus parietalis

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Elegant Water Shrew	sharp fig
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)	Rosales (Roses & Allies)
Family	Soricidae	Moraceae
Genus	Nectogale	Ficus
Species	Nectogale elegans	Ficus parietalis

Conservation Status

Elegant Water Shrew

LC — Least Concern

sharp fig

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Elegant Water Shrew	sharp fig
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Elegant Water Shrew

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

sharp fig

Habitat

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