Elegant Water Shrew vs Sumatran orangutan

Nectogale elegans compared with Pongo abelii

Key Differences

• Elegant Water Shrew is Least Concern while Sumatran orangutan is Critically Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Elegant Water Shrew	Sumatran orangutan
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	Hominidae (Great Apes)
Genus	Nectogale	Pongo (Orangutans)
Species	Nectogale elegans	Pongo abelii

Evolutionary Relationship

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

Conservation Status

Elegant Water Shrew

LC — Least Concern

Sumatran orangutan

CR — Critically Endangered

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Elegant Water Shrew	Sumatran orangutan
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Elegant Water Shrew

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Sumatran orangutan

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.