Elegant water shrew: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

Elegant water shrew Nectogale elegans Least concern

Where the elegant water shrew lives – recorded in 3 countries, with quick facts from Wikidata and an introduction from Wikipedia.

Recorded in (GBIF)Representative wild record

Pin and shaded countries are approximate. The pin is a representative wild sighting (a central record among 37 open-licence GBIF records), not an official range. Method · Records on GBIF · See hedgehogs, shrews & moles on the world map

No free-licence photo of a live animal was found on Wikimedia Commons.

Scientific name	Nectogale elegans
Group	Hedgehogs, shrews & moles
Status	Least concern (Wikidata, IUCN category label)
Found in	3 countries
Continents	Asia
Class	Mammal
Order	Eulipotyphla
Family	Soricidae

Where does the elegant water shrew live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the elegant water shrew in 3 countries and territories across Asia.

Countries with at least a handful of records (a minimum share of the species’ records, to leave out vagrants and escapes). Records with coordinates only; captive and fossil records excluded.

Is the elegant water shrew endangered?

The elegant water shrew’s conservation status recorded in Wikidata is “Least concern” (an IUCN Red List category label). Source: Wikidata.

What kind of animal is the elegant water shrew?

The elegant water shrew (Nectogale elegans) is a mammal in the order Eulipotyphla and the family Soricidae, genus Nectogale. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)

About the elegant water shrew

The elegant water shrew (Nectogale elegans) is a species of mammal in the subfamily Soricinae of the family Soricidae. It is the only species within the genus Nectogale. It lives in Sikkim and China.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Elegant water shrew (revision 1313912825), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q612916 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).