Elegant Water Shrew vs Slender Spreadwing

Nectogale elegans compared with Lestes rectangularis

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Elegant Water Shrew	Slender Spreadwing
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Insecta (Insects)
Order	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)	Odonata (Odonata)
Family	Soricidae	Lestidae
Genus	Nectogale	Lestes
Species	Nectogale elegans	Lestes rectangularis

Evolutionary Relationship

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

Conservation Status

Elegant Water Shrew

LC — Least Concern

Slender Spreadwing

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Elegant Water Shrew	Slender Spreadwing
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Elegant Water Shrew

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Slender Spreadwing

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Found in United States.