Elegant water shrew

The elegant water shrew (Nectogale elegans)^[2] is a species of mammal in the subfamily Soricinae of the family Soricidae. It is the only species within the genus Nectogale.^[3] It lives in Sikkim and China.

Elegant water shrew
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Eulipotyphla
Family:	Soricidae
Tribe:	Nectogalini
Genus:	Nectogale Milne-Edwards, 1870
Species:	N. elegans
Binomial name
Nectogale elegans Milne-Edwards, 1870
Elegant water shrew range