Elegant Water Shrew vs Tree Damsel Bug

Nectogale elegans compared with Himacerus apterus

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Elegant Water Shrew	Tree Damsel Bug
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Insecta (Insects)
Order	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)	Hemiptera (Hemiptera)
Family	Soricidae	Nabidae
Genus	Nectogale	Himacerus
Species	Nectogale elegans	Himacerus apterus

Evolutionary Relationship

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

Conservation Status

Elegant Water Shrew

LC — Least Concern

Tree Damsel Bug

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Elegant Water Shrew	Tree Damsel Bug
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Elegant Water Shrew

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Tree Damsel Bug

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Distributed across Belgium, Denmark, Norway, and Sweden.