Elegant Water Shrew vs Mexican Harvest Mouse

Nectogale elegans compared with Reithrodontomys mexicanus

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Elegant Water Shrew	Mexican Harvest Mouse
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum same	Chordata (cordados)	Chordata (cordados)
Class same	Mammalia (mamíferos)	Mammalia (mamíferos)
Order	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)	Rodentia (Roedores)
Family	Soricidae	Cricetidae
Genus	Nectogale	Reithrodontomys
Species	Nectogale elegans	Reithrodontomys mexicanus

Evolutionary Relationship

Elegant Water Shrew and Mexican Harvest Mouse share a common ancestor at the Class level: Mammalia. (mamíferos)

Conservation Status

Elegant Water Shrew

LC — Least Concern

Mexican Harvest Mouse

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Elegant Water Shrew	Mexican Harvest Mouse
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Elegant Water Shrew

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Mexican Harvest Mouse

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Found in Colombia.