Black Firefly vs Elliot's Short-tailed Shrew

Lucidota atra compared with Blarina hylophaga

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Black Firefly	Elliot's Short-tailed Shrew
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Arthropoda (Arthropods)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Insecta (Insects)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Coleoptera (Beetles)	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)
Family	Lampyridae	Soricidae
Genus	Lucidota	Blarina
Species	Lucidota atra	Blarina hylophaga

Evolutionary Relationship

Black Firefly and Elliot's Short-tailed Shrew share a common ancestor at the Kingdom level: Animalia. (Animals)

Conservation Status

Black Firefly

LC — Least Concern

Elliot's Short-tailed Shrew

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Black Firefly	Elliot's Short-tailed Shrew
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Black Firefly

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Distributed across Canada and United States.

Elliot's Short-tailed Shrew

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Black Firefly

The Black Firefly (Lucidota atra) is a species in the genus Lucidota. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.