Elegant Water Shrew vs Stinking Dapperling

Nectogale elegans compared with Lepiota cristata

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Elegant Water Shrew	Stinking Dapperling
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Fungi (Fungi)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Agaricomycetes (Mushrooms)
Order	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)	Agaricales (Gilled Mushrooms)
Family	Soricidae	Agaricaceae (Agarics)
Genus	Nectogale	Lepiota
Species	Nectogale elegans	Lepiota cristata

Conservation Status

Elegant Water Shrew

LC — Least Concern

Stinking Dapperling

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Elegant Water Shrew	Stinking Dapperling
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Elegant Water Shrew

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Stinking Dapperling

Habitat

Typically found in forest floors, decomposing wood, and soil ecosystems.

Range

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