Elegant water shrew
Species of mammal
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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 | |
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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 | |
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| Elegant water shrew range | |
