Elegant Water Shrew vs Malayan porcupine

Nectogale elegans compared with Hystrix brachyura

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Elegant Water Shrew	Malayan porcupine
Kingdom same	Animalia (hewan)	Animalia (hewan)
Phylum same	Chordata (Chordates)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class same	Mammalia (mamalia)	Mammalia (mamalia)
Order	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)	Rodentia (hewan pengerat)
Family	Soricidae	Hystricidae
Genus	Nectogale	Hystrix
Species	Nectogale elegans	Hystrix brachyura

Evolutionary Relationship

Elegant Water Shrew and Malayan porcupine share a common ancestor at the Class level: Mammalia. (mamalia)

Conservation Status

Elegant Water Shrew

LC — Least Concern

Malayan porcupine

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Elegant Water Shrew	Malayan porcupine
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Elegant Water Shrew

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Malayan porcupine

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Belgium, France, Netherlands, Norway, and United Kingdom.