Elliot's Short-tailed Shrew vs Foxtail

Blarina hylophaga compared with Amaranthus caudatus

Key Differences

• Elliot's Short-tailed Shrew is Least Concern while Foxtail is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Elliot's Short-tailed Shrew	Foxtail
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)	Caryophyllales (Caryophyllales)
Family	Soricidae	Amaranthaceae
Genus	Blarina	Amaranthus
Species	Blarina hylophaga	Amaranthus caudatus

Conservation Status

Elliot's Short-tailed Shrew

LC — Least Concern

Foxtail

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Elliot's Short-tailed Shrew	Foxtail
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Elliot's Short-tailed Shrew

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Foxtail

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (8 countries), Asia (11 countries), Europe (27 countries), North America (Canada, United States), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia), and South America (Brazil, Colombia).