Brown Fruit-eating Bat vs Elegant Water Shrew

Artibeus concolor compared with Nectogale elegans

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Brown Fruit-eating Bat	Elegant Water Shrew
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum same	Chordata (Chordates)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class same	Mammalia (Mammals)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)
Family	Phyllostomidae	Soricidae
Genus	Artibeus	Nectogale
Species	Artibeus concolor	Nectogale elegans

Evolutionary Relationship

Brown Fruit-eating Bat and Elegant Water Shrew share a common ancestor at the Class level: Mammalia. (Mammals)

Conservation Status

Brown Fruit-eating Bat

LC — Least Concern

Elegant Water Shrew

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Brown Fruit-eating Bat	Elegant Water Shrew
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Brown Fruit-eating Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Colombia, Ecuador, and Venezuela.

Elegant Water Shrew

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Brown Fruit-eating Bat

The Brown Fruit-eating Bat (Artibeus concolor) is a species in the genus Artibeus. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.