Elegant Water Shrew vs Mexican cottontail

Nectogale elegans compared with Sylvilagus cunicularius

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Elegant Water Shrew	Mexican cottontail
Kingdom same	Animalia (动物界)	Animalia (动物界)
Phylum same	Chordata (脊索动物门)	Chordata (脊索动物门)
Class same	Mammalia (哺乳動物)	Mammalia (哺乳動物)
Order	Soricomorpha (鼩形目)	Lagomorpha (兔形目)
Family	Soricidae	Leporidae (Rabbits & Hares)
Genus	Nectogale	Sylvilagus
Species	Nectogale elegans	Sylvilagus cunicularius

Evolutionary Relationship

Elegant Water Shrew and Mexican cottontail share a common ancestor at the Class level: Mammalia. (哺乳動物)

Conservation Status

Elegant Water Shrew

LC — Least Concern

Mexican cottontail

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Elegant Water Shrew	Mexican cottontail
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Elegant Water Shrew

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Mexican cottontail

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.