Elegant Water Shrew vs Tree Cyanea

Nectogale elegans compared with Cyanea arborea

Key Differences

• Elegant Water Shrew is Least Concern while Tree Cyanea is Extinct.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Elegant Water Shrew	Tree Cyanea
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Cnidaria (Cnidarians)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Scyphozoa (Scyphozoa)
Order	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)	Semaeostomeae (Semaeostomeae)
Family	Soricidae	Cyaneidae
Genus	Nectogale	Cyanea
Species	Nectogale elegans	Cyanea arborea

Evolutionary Relationship

Elegant Water Shrew and Tree Cyanea share a common ancestor at the Kingdom level: Animalia. (Animals)

Conservation Status

Elegant Water Shrew

LC — Least Concern

Tree Cyanea

EX — Extinct

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Elegant Water Shrew	Tree Cyanea
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Elegant Water Shrew

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Tree Cyanea