Elegant Water Shrew vs Variable Webcap

Nectogale elegans compared with Cortinarius anomalus

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Elegant Water Shrew	Variable Webcap
Kingdom	Animalia (प्राणी)	Fungi (फफूंद)
Phylum	Chordata (रज्जुकी)	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)
Class	Mammalia (स्तनधारी)	Agaricomycetes (Mushrooms)
Order	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)	Agaricales (Gilled Mushrooms)
Family	Soricidae	Cortinariaceae
Genus	Nectogale	Cortinarius
Species	Nectogale elegans	Cortinarius anomalus

Conservation Status

Elegant Water Shrew

LC — Least Concern

Variable Webcap

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Elegant Water Shrew	Variable Webcap
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Elegant Water Shrew

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Variable Webcap

Habitat

Typically found in forest floors, decomposing wood, and soil ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Belgium, Denmark, Norway, and Sweden.