Elegant Water Shrew vs vunga

Nectogale elegans compared with Metrosideros collina

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Elegant Water Shrew	vunga
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)	Myrtales (Myrtales)
Family	Soricidae	Myrtaceae
Genus	Nectogale	Metrosideros
Species	Nectogale elegans	Metrosideros collina

Conservation Status

Elegant Water Shrew

LC — Least Concern

vunga

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Elegant Water Shrew	vunga
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Elegant Water Shrew

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

vunga

Habitat

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