Elegant Water Shrew vs Peruvian Yellow-tailed Woolly Monkey

Nectogale elegans compared with Lagothrix flavicauda

Key Differences

• Elegant Water Shrew is Least Concern while Peruvian Yellow-tailed Woolly Monkey is Critically Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Elegant Water Shrew	Peruvian Yellow-tailed Woolly Monkey
Kingdom same	Animalia (hewan)	Animalia (hewan)
Phylum same	Chordata (Chordates)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class same	Mammalia (mamalia)	Mammalia (mamalia)
Order	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)	Primates (Primata)
Family	Soricidae	Atelidae
Genus	Nectogale	Lagothrix
Species	Nectogale elegans	Lagothrix flavicauda

Evolutionary Relationship

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

Conservation Status

Elegant Water Shrew

LC — Least Concern

Peruvian Yellow-tailed Woolly Monkey

CR — Critically Endangered

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Elegant Water Shrew	Peruvian Yellow-tailed Woolly Monkey
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Elegant Water Shrew

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Peruvian Yellow-tailed Woolly Monkey

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.