Elegant Water Shrew vs seaside centaury

Nectogale elegans compared with Centaurium littorale

Key Differences

• Elegant Water Shrew is Least Concern while seaside centaury is Vulnerable.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Elegant Water Shrew	seaside centaury
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (plantas)
Phylum	Chordata (cordados)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (mamíferos)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)	Gentianales (Gentianales)
Family	Soricidae	Gentianaceae
Genus	Nectogale	Centaurium
Species	Nectogale elegans	Centaurium littorale

Conservation Status

Elegant Water Shrew

LC — Least Concern

seaside centaury

VU — Vulnerable

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Elegant Water Shrew	seaside centaury
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Elegant Water Shrew

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

seaside centaury

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.

Range

Found across Europe (5 countries) and South America (Chile). Currently classified as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List, this species faces significant conservation challenges across its range.