Elegant Water Shrew vs ground-pine

Nectogale elegans compared with Ajuga chamaepitys

Key Differences

• Elegant Water Shrew is Least Concern while ground-pine is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Elegant Water Shrew	ground-pine
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (planta)
Phylum	Chordata (cordados)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (mamíferos)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)	Lamiales (Lamiales)
Family	Soricidae	Lamiaceae
Genus	Nectogale	Ajuga
Species	Nectogale elegans	Ajuga chamaepitys

Conservation Status

Elegant Water Shrew

LC — Least Concern

ground-pine

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Elegant Water Shrew	ground-pine
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Elegant Water Shrew

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

ground-pine

Habitat

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

Range

Found across Europe (12 countries) and North America (Canada, United States).