Elegant Water Shrew vs Toad's Ear

Nectogale elegans compared with Otidea bufonia

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Elegant Water Shrew	Toad's Ear
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Fungi (Fungi)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Ascomycota (Sac Fungi)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Pezizomycetes (Pezizomycetes)
Order	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)	Pezizales (Pezizales)
Family	Soricidae	Otideaceae
Genus	Nectogale	Otidea
Species	Nectogale elegans	Otidea bufonia

Conservation Status

Elegant Water Shrew

LC — Least Concern

Toad's Ear

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Elegant Water Shrew	Toad's Ear
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Elegant Water Shrew

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Toad's Ear

Habitat

Native to Europe, inhabiting ecosystems characteristic of the region.

Range

Distributed across Belgium, Denmark, Norway, and Sweden.