Elegant Water Shrew vs three-angled thread moss

Nectogale elegans compared with Meesia triquetra

Key Differences

• Elegant Water Shrew is Least Concern while three-angled thread moss is Extinct.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Elegant Water Shrew	three-angled thread moss
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Bryophyta
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Bryopsida (Bryopsida)
Order	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)	Splachnales (Splachnales)
Family	Soricidae	Meesiaceae
Genus	Nectogale	Meesia
Species	Nectogale elegans	Meesia triquetra

Conservation Status

Elegant Water Shrew

LC — Least Concern

three-angled thread moss

EX — Extinct

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Elegant Water Shrew	three-angled thread moss
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Elegant Water Shrew

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

three-angled thread moss

Habitat

Native to Europe and North America, inhabiting ecosystems characteristic of the region.

Range

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