Elliot's Short-tailed Shrew vs Floating Bur-Reed

Blarina hylophaga compared with Sparganium fluctuans

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Elliot's Short-tailed Shrew	Floating Bur-Reed
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Liliopsida (Monocots)
Order	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)	Poales (Grasses)
Family	Soricidae	Typhaceae
Genus	Blarina	Sparganium
Species	Blarina hylophaga	Sparganium fluctuans

Conservation Status

Elliot's Short-tailed Shrew

LC — Least Concern

Floating Bur-Reed

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Elliot's Short-tailed Shrew	Floating Bur-Reed
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Elliot's Short-tailed Shrew

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Floating Bur-Reed

Habitat

Typically found in grasslands, wetlands, forests, and cultivated landscapes.

Range

Distributed across Canada and United States.