Elegant Water Shrew vs Flower-faced Bat

Nectogale elegans compared with Anthops ornatus

Key Differences

• Elegant Water Shrew is Least Concern while Flower-faced Bat is Vulnerable.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Elegant Water Shrew	Flower-faced Bat
Kingdom same	Animalia (animal)	Animalia (animal)
Phylum same	Chordata (Chordates)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class same	Mammalia (mammifères)	Mammalia (mammifères)
Order	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)	Chiroptera (Bats)
Family	Soricidae	Hipposideridae
Genus	Nectogale	Anthops
Species	Nectogale elegans	Anthops ornatus

Evolutionary Relationship

Elegant Water Shrew and Flower-faced Bat share a common ancestor at the Class level: Mammalia. (mammifères)

Conservation Status

Elegant Water Shrew

LC — Least Concern

Flower-faced Bat

VU — Vulnerable

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Elegant Water Shrew	Flower-faced Bat
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Elegant Water Shrew

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Flower-faced Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.