Elegant Water Shrew vs Hairy Fruit-eating Bat

Nectogale elegans compared with Artibeus hirsutus

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Elegant Water Shrew	Hairy Fruit-eating 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	Artibeus
Species	Nectogale elegans	Artibeus hirsutus

Evolutionary Relationship

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

Conservation Status

Elegant Water Shrew

LC — Least Concern

Hairy Fruit-eating Bat

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Elegant Water Shrew

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Hairy Fruit-eating Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.