Elegant Water Shrew vs Formosan koa

Nectogale elegans compared with Acacia confusa

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Elegant Water Shrew	Formosan koa
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (planta)
Phylum	Chordata (cordados)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (mamíferos)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)	Fabales (Legumes & Allies)
Family	Soricidae	Fabaceae
Genus	Nectogale	Acacia
Species	Nectogale elegans	Acacia confusa

Conservation Status

Elegant Water Shrew

LC — Least Concern

Formosan koa

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Elegant Water Shrew	Formosan koa
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Elegant Water Shrew

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Formosan koa

Habitat

Inhabits tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests spanning the Indomalayan and Oceanian realms. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Mauritius, Seychelles), Asia (5 countries), North America (United States), and Oceania and the Pacific (Fiji, Micronesia, Palau).