Elegant Water Shrew vs Cachicamo Sabanero

Nectogale elegans compared with Dasypus sabanicola

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Elegant Water Shrew	Cachicamo Sabanero
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum same	Chordata (cordados)	Chordata (cordados)
Class same	Mammalia (mamíferos)	Mammalia (mamíferos)
Order	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)	Cingulata (Cingulata)
Family	Soricidae	Dasypodidae
Genus	Nectogale	Dasypus
Species	Nectogale elegans	Dasypus sabanicola

Evolutionary Relationship

Elegant Water Shrew and Cachicamo Sabanero share a common ancestor at the Class level: Mammalia. (mamíferos)

Conservation Status

Elegant Water Shrew

LC — Least Concern

Cachicamo Sabanero

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Elegant Water Shrew	Cachicamo Sabanero
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Elegant Water Shrew

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Cachicamo Sabanero

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Colombia and Venezuela.