Elegant Water Shrew vs Great Stripe-faced Bat

Nectogale elegans compared with Vampyrodes caraccioli

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Elegant Water Shrew	Great Stripe-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	Phyllostomidae
Genus	Nectogale	Vampyrodes
Species	Nectogale elegans	Vampyrodes caraccioli

Evolutionary Relationship

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

Conservation Status

Elegant Water Shrew

LC — Least Concern

Great Stripe-faced Bat

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Elegant Water Shrew

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Great Stripe-faced Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Colombia, Ecuador, and Venezuela.