Elegant Water Shrew vs Guam Flying Fox

Nectogale elegans compared with Pteropus tokudae

Key Differences

• Elegant Water Shrew is Least Concern while Guam Flying Fox is Extinct.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Elegant Water Shrew	Guam Flying Fox
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	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)
Genus	Nectogale	Pteropus (Flying Foxes)
Species	Nectogale elegans	Pteropus tokudae

Evolutionary Relationship

Elegant Water Shrew and Guam Flying Fox share a common ancestor at the Class level: Mammalia. (Mammals)

Conservation Status

Elegant Water Shrew

LC — Least Concern

Guam Flying Fox

EX — Extinct

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Elegant Water Shrew	Guam Flying Fox
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Elegant Water Shrew

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Guam Flying Fox

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.