Devil's Shoestring vs Elliot's Short-tailed Shrew

Tephrosia angustissima compared with Blarina hylophaga

Key Differences

• Devil's Shoestring is Endangered while Elliot's Short-tailed Shrew is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Devil's Shoestring	Elliot's Short-tailed Shrew
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Fabales (Legumes & Allies)	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)
Family	Fabaceae	Soricidae
Genus	Tephrosia	Blarina
Species	Tephrosia angustissima	Blarina hylophaga

Conservation Status

Devil's Shoestring

EN — Endangered

Elliot's Short-tailed Shrew

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Devil's Shoestring

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests, and tropical and subtropical coniferous forests, among 5 distinct biome types within the Neotropic biogeographic realm.

Range

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

Elliot's Short-tailed Shrew

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.