Elegant Water Shrew vs Spathulate Botrychium

Nectogale elegans compared with Botrychium spathulatum

Key Differences

• Elegant Water Shrew is Least Concern while Spathulate Botrychium is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Elegant Water Shrew	Spathulate Botrychium
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Tracheophyta
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)
Order	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)	Ophioglossales (Ophioglossales)
Family	Soricidae	Ophioglossaceae
Genus	Nectogale	Botrychium
Species	Nectogale elegans	Botrychium spathulatum

Conservation Status

Elegant Water Shrew

LC — Least Concern

Spathulate Botrychium

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Elegant Water Shrew	Spathulate Botrychium
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Elegant Water Shrew

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Spathulate Botrychium

Habitat

Typically found in moist, shaded forest floors and tropical canopies.

Range

Distributed across Canada, Norway, and United States.