Carelessweed vs Elliot's Short-tailed Shrew

Amaranthus spinosus compared with Blarina hylophaga

Key Differences

• Carelessweed is Not Evaluated while Elliot's Short-tailed Shrew is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Carelessweed	Elliot's Short-tailed Shrew
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Caryophyllales (Caryophyllales)	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)
Family	Amaranthaceae	Soricidae
Genus	Amaranthus	Blarina
Species	Amaranthus spinosus	Blarina hylophaga

Conservation Status

Carelessweed

NE — Not Evaluated

Elliot's Short-tailed Shrew

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Carelessweed

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (20 countries), Asia (22 countries), Europe (23 countries), North America (6 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (11 countries), and South America (7 countries).

Elliot's Short-tailed Shrew

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Carelessweed

The Carelessweed (Amaranthus spinosus) is a species in the genus Amaranthus. Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.