Elegant Water Shrew vs Thatching grass

Nectogale elegans compared with Hyparrhenia hirta

Key Differences

• Elegant Water Shrew is Least Concern while Thatching grass is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Elegant Water Shrew	Thatching grass
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Liliopsida (Monocots)
Order	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)	Poales (Grasses)
Family	Soricidae	Poaceae (Grass Family)
Genus	Nectogale	Hyparrhenia
Species	Nectogale elegans	Hyparrhenia hirta

Conservation Status

Elegant Water Shrew

LC — Least Concern

Thatching grass

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Elegant Water Shrew	Thatching grass
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Elegant Water Shrew

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Thatching grass

Habitat

Typically found in grasslands, wetlands, forests, and cultivated landscapes.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Guinea), Asia (Taiwan), Europe (Czech Republic, Portugal, Spain), North America (Mexico, United States), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia), and South America (Brazil).