Elegant Water Shrew vs Trailing indigo

Nectogale elegans compared with Indigofera hendecaphylla

Key Differences

• Elegant Water Shrew is Least Concern while Trailing indigo is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Elegant Water Shrew	Trailing indigo
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	Indigofera
Species	Nectogale elegans	Indigofera hendecaphylla

Conservation Status

Elegant Water Shrew

LC — Least Concern

Trailing indigo

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Elegant Water Shrew	Trailing indigo
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Elegant Water Shrew

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Trailing indigo

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Colombia, Comoros, Madagascar, Taiwan, and United States.