gavião-da-europa vs Golden-rumped elephant shrew

Accipiter nisus compared with Rhynchocyon chrysopygus

Key Differences

• gavião-da-europa is Least Concern while Golden-rumped elephant shrew is Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	gavião-da-europa	Golden-rumped elephant shrew
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum same	Chordata (cordados)	Chordata (cordados)
Class	Aves (ave)	Mammalia (mamíferos)
Order	Accipitriformes (Hawks & Eagles)	Macroscelidea (Macroscelidea)
Family	Accipitridae (Hawks & Eagles)	Macroscelididae
Genus	Accipiter	Rhynchocyon
Species	Accipiter nisus	Rhynchocyon chrysopygus

Evolutionary Relationship

gavião-da-europa and Golden-rumped elephant shrew share a common ancestor at the Phylum level: Chordata. (cordados)

Conservation Status

gavião-da-europa

LC — Least Concern

Golden-rumped elephant shrew

EN — Endangered

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	gavião-da-europa	Golden-rumped elephant shrew
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

gavião-da-europa

Habitat

Typically found in various aerial, terrestrial, and aquatic environments.

Range

Distributed across Belgium, Denmark, Norway, Russia, and Sweden.

Golden-rumped elephant shrew

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical grasslands and savannas, and flooded grasslands and savannas, among 5 distinct biome types within the Afrotropic biogeographic realm. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Found in Kenya. Currently classified as Endangered on the IUCN Red List, this species faces significant conservation challenges across its range.

gavião-da-europa

O gavião-europeu (Accipiter nisus) está classificado como Pouco Preocupante (LC) na Lista Vermelha da UICN. Amplamente distribuído e abundante em sua área de ocorrência, com populações estáveis e sem preocupações imediatas de conservação.