Elegant Water Shrew vs Java plum

Nectogale elegans compared with Syzygium cumini

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Elegant Water Shrew	Java plum
Kingdom	Animalia (動物)	Plantae (植物)
Phylum	Chordata (脊索動物)	Magnoliophyta (被子植物門)
Class	Mammalia (哺乳類)	Magnoliopsida (モクレン綱)
Order	Soricomorpha (トガリネズミ目)	Myrtales (フトモモ目)
Family	Soricidae	Myrtaceae
Genus	Nectogale	Syzygium
Species	Nectogale elegans	Syzygium cumini

Conservation Status

Elegant Water Shrew

LC — Least Concern

Java plum

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Elegant Water Shrew	Java plum
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Elegant Water Shrew

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Java plum

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical grasslands and savannas, and montane grasslands and shrublands, among 7 distinct biome types. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (13 countries), Asia (8 countries), North America (16 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (6 countries), and South America (7 countries).