Elegant Water Shrew vs Wire With

Nectogale elegans compared with Desmodium axillare

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Elegant Water Shrew	Wire With
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	Desmodium
Species	Nectogale elegans	Desmodium axillare

Conservation Status

Elegant Water Shrew

LC — Least Concern

Wire With

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Elegant Water Shrew	Wire With
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Elegant Water Shrew

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Wire With

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Brazil and Colombia.