Elegant Water Shrew vs spinach

Nectogale elegans compared with Eulithis mellinata

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Elegant Water Shrew	spinach
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	Eulithis
Species	Nectogale elegans	Eulithis mellinata

Evolutionary Relationship

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

Conservation Status

Elegant Water Shrew

LC — Least Concern

spinach

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Elegant Water Shrew	spinach
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Elegant Water Shrew

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

spinach

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

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