Elliot's Short-tailed Shrew vs Giant dodder

Blarina hylophaga compared with Cuscuta reflexa

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Elliot's Short-tailed Shrew	Giant dodder
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)	Solanales (Solanales)
Family	Soricidae	Convolvulaceae
Genus	Blarina	Cuscuta
Species	Blarina hylophaga	Cuscuta reflexa

Conservation Status

Elliot's Short-tailed Shrew

LC — Least Concern

Giant dodder

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Elliot's Short-tailed Shrew

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Giant dodder

Habitat

Inhabits tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests within the Indomalayan biogeographic realm.

Range

Distributed across Bhutan, Mauritius, and United States.