Elegant Water Shrew vs Stinking Truffle

Nectogale elegans compared with Tuber foetidum

Key Differences

• Elegant Water Shrew is Least Concern while Stinking Truffle is Data Deficient.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Elegant Water Shrew	Stinking Truffle
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Fungi (Fungi)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Ascomycota (Sac Fungi)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Pezizomycetes (Pezizomycetes)
Order	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)	Pezizales (Pezizales)
Family	Soricidae	Tuberaceae
Genus	Nectogale	Tuber
Species	Nectogale elegans	Tuber foetidum

Conservation Status

Elegant Water Shrew

LC — Least Concern

Stinking Truffle

DD — Data Deficient

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Elegant Water Shrew

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Stinking Truffle

Habitat

Native to Europe, inhabiting ecosystems characteristic of the region.

Range

Distributed across Denmark, Norway, and Sweden.