Elegant Water Shrew vs small yellow wave

Nectogale elegans compared with Hydrelia flammeolaria

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Elegant Water Shrew	small yellow wave
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Insecta (Insects)
Order	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)	Lepidoptera (Butterflies & Moths)
Family	Soricidae	Geometridae
Genus	Nectogale	Hydrelia
Species	Nectogale elegans	Hydrelia flammeolaria

Evolutionary Relationship

Elegant Water Shrew and small yellow wave share a common ancestor at the Kingdom level: Animalia. (Animals)

Conservation Status

Elegant Water Shrew

LC — Least Concern

small yellow wave

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Elegant Water Shrew	small yellow wave
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Elegant Water Shrew

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

small yellow wave

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Distributed across Belgium, Denmark, Norway, and Sweden.