Elliot's Short-tailed Shrew vs Garden Thyme

Blarina hylophaga compared with Thymus vulgaris

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Elliot's Short-tailed Shrew	Garden Thyme
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)	Lamiales (Lamiales)
Family	Soricidae	Lamiaceae
Genus	Blarina	Thymus
Species	Blarina hylophaga	Thymus vulgaris

Conservation Status

Elliot's Short-tailed Shrew

LC — Least Concern

Garden Thyme

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Elliot's Short-tailed Shrew

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Garden Thyme

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Seychelles), Europe (18 countries), North America (Cuba, United States), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia, New Zealand), and South America (Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador).