Elegant Water Shrew vs New Guinean Quoll

Nectogale elegans compared with Dasyurus albopunctatus

Key Differences

• Elegant Water Shrew is Least Concern while New Guinean Quoll is Near Threatened.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Elegant Water Shrew	New Guinean Quoll
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum same	Chordata (cordados)	Chordata (cordados)
Class same	Mammalia (mamíferos)	Mammalia (mamíferos)
Order	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)	Dasyuromorphia (Dasyuromorphia)
Family	Soricidae	Dasyuridae
Genus	Nectogale	Dasyurus
Species	Nectogale elegans	Dasyurus albopunctatus

Evolutionary Relationship

Elegant Water Shrew and New Guinean Quoll share a common ancestor at the Class level: Mammalia. (mamíferos)

Conservation Status

Elegant Water Shrew

LC — Least Concern

New Guinean Quoll

NT — Near Threatened

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Elegant Water Shrew	New Guinean Quoll
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Elegant Water Shrew

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

New Guinean Quoll

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.