Elegant Water Shrew vs Little Big-eared Bat

Nectogale elegans compared with Micronycteris megalotis

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Elegant Water Shrew	Little Big-eared 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	Phyllostomidae
Genus	Nectogale	Micronycteris
Species	Nectogale elegans	Micronycteris megalotis

Evolutionary Relationship

Elegant Water Shrew and Little Big-eared Bat share a common ancestor at the Class level: Mammalia. (Mammals)

Conservation Status

Elegant Water Shrew

LC — Least Concern

Little Big-eared Bat

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Elegant Water Shrew	Little Big-eared Bat
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Elegant Water Shrew

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Little Big-eared Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Colombia, Ecuador, and Venezuela.