Bare-tailed Woolly Opossum vs Elegant Water Shrew

Caluromys philander compared with Nectogale elegans

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bare-tailed Woolly Opossum	Elegant Water Shrew
Kingdom same	Animalia (hewan)	Animalia (hewan)
Phylum same	Chordata (Chordates)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class same	Mammalia (mamalia)	Mammalia (mamalia)
Order	Didelphimorphia (Didelphimorphia)	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)
Family	Didelphidae	Soricidae
Genus	Caluromys	Nectogale
Species	Caluromys philander	Nectogale elegans

Evolutionary Relationship

Bare-tailed Woolly Opossum and Elegant Water Shrew share a common ancestor at the Class level: Mammalia. (mamalia)

Conservation Status

Bare-tailed Woolly Opossum

LC — Least Concern

Elegant Water Shrew

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Bare-tailed Woolly Opossum	Elegant Water Shrew
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bare-tailed Woolly Opossum

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Found in Venezuela.

Elegant Water Shrew

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Bare-tailed Woolly Opossum

The Bare-tailed Woolly Opossum (Caluromys philander) is a species in the genus Caluromys. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.