Elegant Water Shrew vs Mico-leão-dourado

Nectogale elegans compared with Leontopithecus rosalia

Key Differences

• Elegant Water Shrew is Least Concern while Mico-leão-dourado is Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Elegant Water Shrew	Mico-leão-dourado
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum same	Chordata (cordados)	Chordata (cordados)
Class same	Mammalia (mamíferos)	Mammalia (mamíferos)
Order	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)	Primates (primatas)
Family	Soricidae	Callitrichidae
Genus	Nectogale	Leontopithecus
Species	Nectogale elegans	Leontopithecus rosalia

Evolutionary Relationship

Elegant Water Shrew and Mico-leão-dourado share a common ancestor at the Class level: Mammalia. (mamíferos)

Conservation Status

Elegant Water Shrew

LC — Least Concern

Mico-leão-dourado

EN — Endangered

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Elegant Water Shrew	Mico-leão-dourado
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Elegant Water Shrew

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Mico-leão-dourado

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.