Elegant Water Shrew vs Toromiro

Nectogale elegans compared with Sophora toromiro

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Elegant Water Shrew	Toromiro
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)	Fabales (Legumes & Allies)
Family	Soricidae	Fabaceae
Genus	Nectogale	Sophora
Species	Nectogale elegans	Sophora toromiro

Conservation Status

Elegant Water Shrew

LC — Least Concern

Toromiro

EW — Extinct in the Wild

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Elegant Water Shrew

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Toromiro

Habitat

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