Elephant Apple vs Elliot's Short-tailed Shrew

Dillenia indica compared with Blarina hylophaga

Taxonomic Classification

Rank Elephant Apple Elliot's Short-tailed Shrew
Kingdom Plantae (Plants) Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants) Chordata (Chordates)
Class Magnoliopsida (Dicots) Mammalia (Mammals)
Order Dilleniales (Dilleniales) Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)
Family Dilleniaceae Soricidae
Genus Dillenia Blarina
Species Dillenia indica Blarina hylophaga

Conservation Status

Elephant Apple

LC — Least Concern

Elliot's Short-tailed Shrew

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute Elephant Apple Elliot's Short-tailed Shrew
Diet
Average Lifespan
Average Length
Average Weight

Habitat & Geographic Range

Elephant Apple

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Colombia, Congo (DRC), Sao Tome and Principe, Seychelles, and Taiwan.

Elliot's Short-tailed Shrew

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Elephant Apple

No description available.

Elliot's Short-tailed Shrew

No description available.

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