Elegant Water Shrew vs Small Clouded Brindle

Nectogale elegans compared with Apamea unanimis

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Elegant Water Shrew	Small Clouded Brindle
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Insecta (Insects)
Order	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)	Lepidoptera (Butterflies & Moths)
Family	Soricidae	Noctuidae
Genus	Nectogale	Apamea
Species	Nectogale elegans	Apamea unanimis

Evolutionary Relationship

Elegant Water Shrew and Small Clouded Brindle share a common ancestor at the Kingdom level: Animalia. (Animals)

Conservation Status

Elegant Water Shrew

LC — Least Concern

Small Clouded Brindle

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Elegant Water Shrew	Small Clouded Brindle
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Elegant Water Shrew

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Small Clouded Brindle

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

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