Elegant Water Shrew vs Miller's Dog-faced Bat

Nectogale elegans compared with Cynomops milleri

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Elegant Water Shrew	Miller's Dog-faced 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	Molossidae
Genus	Nectogale	Cynomops
Species	Nectogale elegans	Cynomops milleri

Evolutionary Relationship

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

Conservation Status

Elegant Water Shrew

LC — Least Concern

Miller's Dog-faced Bat

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Elegant Water Shrew	Miller's Dog-faced Bat
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Elegant Water Shrew

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Miller's Dog-faced Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Found in Venezuela.