Elegant Water Shrew vs White Pine

Nectogale elegans compared with Dacrycarpus dacrydioides

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Elegant Water Shrew	White Pine
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Coniferophyta (Conifers)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Pinopsida (Conifers)
Order	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)	Pinales (Pines & Allies)
Family	Soricidae	Podocarpaceae
Genus	Nectogale	Dacrycarpus
Species	Nectogale elegans	Dacrycarpus dacrydioides

Conservation Status

Elegant Water Shrew

LC — Least Concern

White Pine

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Elegant Water Shrew

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

White Pine

Habitat

Typically found in temperate and boreal forests, often at higher elevations.