Elliot's Short-tailed Shrew vs foothill flat sedge

Blarina hylophaga compared with Cyperus amabilis

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Elliot's Short-tailed Shrew	foothill flat sedge
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Liliopsida (Monocots)
Order	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)	Poales (Grasses)
Family	Soricidae	Cyperaceae
Genus	Blarina	Cyperus
Species	Blarina hylophaga	Cyperus amabilis

Conservation Status

Elliot's Short-tailed Shrew

LC — Least Concern

foothill flat sedge

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Elliot's Short-tailed Shrew	foothill flat sedge
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Elliot's Short-tailed Shrew

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

foothill flat sedge

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Burundi, Guinea, Madagascar), North America (Cuba), and South America (Brazil, Colombia).