Hairy Fruit-eating Bat vs Japanese Water Shrew

Artibeus hirsutus compared with Chimarrogale platycephalus

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Hairy Fruit-eating Bat	Japanese Water Shrew
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum same	Chordata (Chordates)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class same	Mammalia (Mammals)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)
Family	Phyllostomidae	Soricidae
Genus	Artibeus	Chimarrogale
Species	Artibeus hirsutus	Chimarrogale platycephalus

Evolutionary Relationship

Hairy Fruit-eating Bat and Japanese Water Shrew share a common ancestor at the Class level: Mammalia. (Mammals)

Conservation Status

Hairy Fruit-eating Bat

LC — Least Concern

Japanese Water Shrew

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Hairy Fruit-eating Bat	Japanese Water Shrew
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Hairy Fruit-eating Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Japanese Water Shrew

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.