Elegant Water Shrew vs Superb Cyanea

Nectogale elegans compared with Cyanea superba

Key Differences

• Elegant Water Shrew is Least Concern while Superb Cyanea is Extinct in the Wild.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Elegant Water Shrew	Superb Cyanea
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Cnidaria (Cnidarians)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Scyphozoa (Scyphozoa)
Order	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)	Semaeostomeae (Semaeostomeae)
Family	Soricidae	Cyaneidae
Genus	Nectogale	Cyanea
Species	Nectogale elegans	Cyanea superba

Evolutionary Relationship

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

Conservation Status

Elegant Water Shrew

LC — Least Concern

Superb Cyanea

EW — Extinct in the Wild

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Elegant Water Shrew	Superb Cyanea
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Elegant Water Shrew

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Superb Cyanea