Chestnut Sac-winged Bat vs Elegant Water Shrew

Cormura brevirostris compared with Nectogale elegans

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chestnut Sac-winged 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	Emballonuridae	Soricidae
Genus	Cormura	Nectogale
Species	Cormura brevirostris	Nectogale elegans

Evolutionary Relationship

Chestnut Sac-winged Bat and Elegant Water Shrew share a common ancestor at the Class level: Mammalia. (Mammals)

Conservation Status

Chestnut Sac-winged Bat

LC — Least Concern

Elegant Water Shrew

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chestnut Sac-winged Bat	Elegant Water Shrew
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Chestnut Sac-winged 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.

Chestnut Sac-winged Bat

The Chestnut Sac-winged Bat (Cormura brevirostris) is a species in the genus Cormura. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.