Elegant Water Shrew vs Spring Sowbread

Nectogale elegans compared with Cyclamen repandum

Key Differences

• Elegant Water Shrew is Least Concern while Spring Sowbread is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Elegant Water Shrew	Spring Sowbread
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)	Ericales (Ericales)
Family	Soricidae	Primulaceae
Genus	Nectogale	Cyclamen
Species	Nectogale elegans	Cyclamen repandum

Conservation Status

Elegant Water Shrew

LC — Least Concern

Spring Sowbread

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Elegant Water Shrew	Spring Sowbread
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Elegant Water Shrew

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Spring Sowbread

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Belgium, France, Netherlands, and United Kingdom.