Elegant Water Shrew vs Peale’s Free-tailed Bat

Nectogale elegans compared with Nyctinomops aurispinosus

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Elegant Water Shrew	Peale’s Free-tailed Bat
Kingdom same	Animalia (hewan)	Animalia (hewan)
Phylum same	Chordata (Chordates)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class same	Mammalia (mamalia)	Mammalia (mamalia)
Order	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)	Chiroptera (Kelelawar)
Family	Soricidae	Molossidae
Genus	Nectogale	Nyctinomops
Species	Nectogale elegans	Nyctinomops aurispinosus

Evolutionary Relationship

Elegant Water Shrew and Peale’s Free-tailed Bat share a common ancestor at the Class level: Mammalia. (mamalia)

Conservation Status

Elegant Water Shrew

LC — Least Concern

Peale’s Free-tailed Bat

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Elegant Water Shrew	Peale’s Free-tailed Bat
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Elegant Water Shrew

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Peale’s Free-tailed Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Colombia and Venezuela.