Elegant water shrew

Elegant water shrew
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Eulipotyphla
Family:	Soricidae
Genus:	Nectogale Milne-Edwards, 1870
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.^{[citation needed]} It lives in Sikkim and China.

References[]

• Insectivore Specialist Group 1996. Nectogale elegans. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 30 July 2007.

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