Elegant Water Shrew vs Gray-bellied Night Monkey

Nectogale elegans compared with Aotus lemurinus

Key Differences

• Elegant Water Shrew is Least Concern while Gray-bellied Night Monkey is Vulnerable.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Elegant Water Shrew	Gray-bellied Night Monkey
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum same	Chordata (cordados)	Chordata (cordados)
Class same	Mammalia (mamíferos)	Mammalia (mamíferos)
Order	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)	Primates (primatas)
Family	Soricidae	Aotidae
Genus	Nectogale	Aotus
Species	Nectogale elegans	Aotus lemurinus

Evolutionary Relationship

Elegant Water Shrew and Gray-bellied Night Monkey share a common ancestor at the Class level: Mammalia. (mamíferos)

Conservation Status

Elegant Water Shrew

LC — Least Concern

Gray-bellied Night Monkey

VU — Vulnerable

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Elegant Water Shrew	Gray-bellied Night Monkey
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Elegant Water Shrew

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Gray-bellied Night Monkey

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Colombia, Ecuador, and Venezuela. Currently classified as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List, this species faces significant conservation challenges across its range.