Elegant Water Shrew vs Thinkadu

Nectogale elegans compared with Parashorea stellata

Key Differences

• Elegant Water Shrew is Least Concern while Thinkadu is Vulnerable.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Elegant Water Shrew	Thinkadu
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)	Malvales (Malvales)
Family	Soricidae	Dipterocarpaceae
Genus	Nectogale	Parashorea
Species	Nectogale elegans	Parashorea stellata

Conservation Status

Elegant Water Shrew

LC — Least Concern

Thinkadu

VU — Vulnerable

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Elegant Water Shrew	Thinkadu
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Elegant Water Shrew

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Thinkadu

Habitat

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