Elegant Water Shrew vs Tufted Sedge

Nectogale elegans compared with Bulbostylis lichtensteiniana

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Elegant Water Shrew	Tufted Sedge
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Liliopsida (Monocots)
Order	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)	Poales (Grasses)
Family	Soricidae	Cyperaceae
Genus	Nectogale	Bulbostylis
Species	Nectogale elegans	Bulbostylis lichtensteiniana

Conservation Status

Elegant Water Shrew

LC — Least Concern

Tufted Sedge

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Elegant Water Shrew	Tufted Sedge
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Elegant Water Shrew

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Tufted Sedge

Habitat

Typically found in grasslands, wetlands, forests, and cultivated landscapes.