Elegant Water Shrew vs Painted Woolly Bat

Nectogale elegans compared with Kerivoula picta

Key Differences

• Elegant Water Shrew is Least Concern while Painted Woolly Bat is Near Threatened.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Elegant Water Shrew	Painted Woolly Bat
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum same	Chordata (cordados)	Chordata (cordados)
Class same	Mammalia (mamíferos)	Mammalia (mamíferos)
Order	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)	Chiroptera (Bats)
Family	Soricidae	Vespertilionidae
Genus	Nectogale	Kerivoula
Species	Nectogale elegans	Kerivoula picta

Evolutionary Relationship

Elegant Water Shrew and Painted Woolly Bat share a common ancestor at the Class level: Mammalia. (mamíferos)

Conservation Status

Elegant Water Shrew

LC — Least Concern

Painted Woolly Bat

NT — Near Threatened

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Elegant Water Shrew	Painted Woolly Bat
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Elegant Water Shrew

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Painted Woolly Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.