Elegant Water Shrew vs Mouse bandicoot

Nectogale elegans compared with Microperoryctes murina

Key Differences

• Elegant Water Shrew is Least Concern while Mouse bandicoot is Vulnerable.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Elegant Water Shrew	Mouse bandicoot
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum same	Chordata (cordados)	Chordata (cordados)
Class same	Mammalia (mamíferos)	Mammalia (mamíferos)
Order	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)	Peramelemorphia (Peramelemorphia)
Family	Soricidae	Peramelidae
Genus	Nectogale	Microperoryctes
Species	Nectogale elegans	Microperoryctes murina

Evolutionary Relationship

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

Conservation Status

Elegant Water Shrew

LC — Least Concern

Mouse bandicoot

VU — Vulnerable

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Elegant Water Shrew	Mouse bandicoot
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Elegant Water Shrew

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Mouse bandicoot

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.