Elegant Water Shrew vs Spreading Cotoneaster

Nectogale elegans compared with Cotoneaster divaricatus

Key Differences

• Elegant Water Shrew is Least Concern while Spreading Cotoneaster is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Elegant Water Shrew	Spreading Cotoneaster
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)	Rosales (Roses & Allies)
Family	Soricidae	Rosaceae (Rose Family)
Genus	Nectogale	Cotoneaster
Species	Nectogale elegans	Cotoneaster divaricatus

Conservation Status

Elegant Water Shrew

LC — Least Concern

Spreading Cotoneaster

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Elegant Water Shrew	Spreading Cotoneaster
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Elegant Water Shrew

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Spreading Cotoneaster

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.

Range

Widely distributed across Europe (15 countries), North America (Canada, United States), and Oceania and the Pacific (Australia).