Elegant Water Shrew vs Frosted Sac-winged Bat

Nectogale elegans compared with Saccopteryx canescens

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Elegant Water Shrew	Frosted Sac-winged Bat
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum same	Chordata (Chordates)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class same	Mammalia (Mammals)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)	Chiroptera (Bats)
Family	Soricidae	Emballonuridae
Genus	Nectogale	Saccopteryx
Species	Nectogale elegans	Saccopteryx canescens

Evolutionary Relationship

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

Conservation Status

Elegant Water Shrew

LC — Least Concern

Frosted Sac-winged Bat

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Elegant Water Shrew

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Frosted Sac-winged Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Colombia and Venezuela.