Cinnamon Dog-faced Bat vs Elegant Water Shrew

Cynomops abrasus compared with Nectogale elegans

Key Differences

• Cinnamon Dog-faced Bat is Data Deficient while Elegant Water Shrew is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Cinnamon Dog-faced 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	Molossidae	Soricidae
Genus	Cynomops	Nectogale
Species	Cynomops abrasus	Nectogale elegans

Evolutionary Relationship

Cinnamon Dog-faced Bat and Elegant Water Shrew share a common ancestor at the Class level: Mammalia. (Mammals)

Conservation Status

Cinnamon Dog-faced Bat

DD — Data Deficient

Elegant Water Shrew

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Cinnamon Dog-faced Bat	Elegant Water Shrew
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Cinnamon Dog-faced Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Colombia and Venezuela.

Elegant Water Shrew

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Cinnamon Dog-faced Bat

The Cinnamon Dog-faced Bat (Cynomops abrasus) is a species in the genus Cynomops. It is currently classified as Data Deficient on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.