Elegant Water Shrew vs Small shell ginger

Nectogale elegans compared with Alpinia mutica

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Elegant Water Shrew	Small shell ginger
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Liliopsida (Monocots)
Order	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)	Zingiberales (Zingiberales)
Family	Soricidae	Zingiberaceae
Genus	Nectogale	Alpinia
Species	Nectogale elegans	Alpinia mutica

Conservation Status

Elegant Water Shrew

LC — Least Concern

Small shell ginger

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Elegant Water Shrew	Small shell ginger
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Elegant Water Shrew

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Small shell ginger

Habitat

Typically found in grasslands, wetlands, forests, and cultivated landscapes.

Range

Found in United States.