Elliot's Short-tailed Shrew vs Fly marsh elder

Blarina hylophaga compared with Iva cheiranthifolia

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Elliot's Short-tailed Shrew	Fly marsh elder
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)	Asterales (Daisies & Sunflowers)
Family	Soricidae	Asteraceae (Daisy Family)
Genus	Blarina	Iva
Species	Blarina hylophaga	Iva cheiranthifolia

Conservation Status

Elliot's Short-tailed Shrew

LC — Least Concern

Fly marsh elder

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Elliot's Short-tailed Shrew	Fly marsh elder
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Elliot's Short-tailed Shrew

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Fly marsh elder

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Cuba and United States.