Elegant water shrew

Elegant water shrew
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Eulipotyphla
Family: Soricidae
Genus: Nectogale
Species: N. elegans
Binomial name
Nectogale elegans
Milne-Edwards, 1870
Elegant water shrew range

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

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