Elegant Water Shrew vs Northern Little Yellow-eared Bat

Nectogale elegans compared with Vampyressa thyone

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Elegant Water Shrew	Northern Little Yellow-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	Vampyressa
Species	Nectogale elegans	Vampyressa thyone

Evolutionary Relationship

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

Conservation Status

Elegant Water Shrew

LC — Least Concern

Northern Little Yellow-eared Bat

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Elegant Water Shrew

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Northern Little Yellow-eared Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Colombia, Ecuador, and Venezuela.