Elegant Water Shrew vs White Broom

Nectogale elegans compared with Cytisus multiflorus

Key Differences

• Elegant Water Shrew is Least Concern while White Broom is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Elegant Water Shrew	White Broom
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)	Fabales (Legumes & Allies)
Family	Soricidae	Fabaceae
Genus	Nectogale	Cytisus
Species	Nectogale elegans	Cytisus multiflorus

Conservation Status

Elegant Water Shrew

LC — Least Concern

White Broom

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Elegant Water Shrew	White Broom
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Elegant Water Shrew

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

White Broom

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Madagascar), Asia (India), Europe (7 countries), North America (United States), and Oceania and the Pacific (Australia, New Zealand).