Elliot's Short-tailed Shrew vs floating hook moss

Blarina hylophaga compared with Warnstorfia fluitans

Key Differences

• Elliot's Short-tailed Shrew is Least Concern while floating hook moss is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Elliot's Short-tailed Shrew	floating hook moss
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Bryophyta
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Bryopsida (Bryopsida)
Order	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)	Hypnales (Hypnales)
Family	Soricidae	Calliergonaceae
Genus	Blarina	Warnstorfia
Species	Blarina hylophaga	Warnstorfia fluitans

Conservation Status

Elliot's Short-tailed Shrew

LC — Least Concern

floating hook moss

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Elliot's Short-tailed Shrew	floating hook moss
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 hook moss

Habitat

Native to Europe and North America and South America, inhabiting ecosystems characteristic of the region.

Range

Widely distributed across Europe (6 countries), North America (United States), and South America (Colombia).