Elegant Water Shrew vs Silent Firefly

Nectogale elegans compared with Photinus indictus

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Elegant Water Shrew	Silent Firefly
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Insecta (Insects)
Order	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)	Coleoptera (Beetles)
Family	Soricidae	Lampyridae
Genus	Nectogale	Photinus
Species	Nectogale elegans	Photinus indictus

Evolutionary Relationship

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

Conservation Status

Elegant Water Shrew

LC — Least Concern

Silent Firefly

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Elegant Water Shrew	Silent Firefly
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Elegant Water Shrew

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Silent Firefly

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Distributed across Canada and United States.