Elegant Water Shrew vs Mégachile guenille

Nectogale elegans compared with Megachile centuncularis

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Elegant Water Shrew	Mégachile guenille
Kingdom same	Animalia (animal)	Animalia (animal)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Arthropoda (arthropodes)
Class	Mammalia (mammifères)	Insecta (insecte)
Order	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)	Hymenoptera (Ants, Bees & Wasps)
Family	Soricidae	Megachilidae
Genus	Nectogale	Megachile
Species	Nectogale elegans	Megachile centuncularis

Evolutionary Relationship

Elegant Water Shrew and Mégachile guenille share a common ancestor at the Kingdom level: Animalia. (animal)

Conservation Status

Elegant Water Shrew

LC — Least Concern

Mégachile guenille

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Elegant Water Shrew	Mégachile guenille
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Elegant Water Shrew

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Mégachile guenille

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Found across Europe (6 countries) and North America (United States).