Elegant Water Shrew vs variable-leaf hakea

Nectogale elegans compared with Hakea varia

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Elegant Water Shrew	variable-leaf hakea
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)	Proteales (Proteales)
Family	Soricidae	Proteaceae
Genus	Nectogale	Hakea
Species	Nectogale elegans	Hakea varia

Conservation Status

Elegant Water Shrew

LC — Least Concern

variable-leaf hakea

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Elegant Water Shrew	variable-leaf hakea
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Elegant Water Shrew

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

variable-leaf hakea

Habitat

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