Elliot's Short-tailed Shrew vs Goatgrass

Blarina hylophaga compared with Aegilops peregrina

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Elliot's Short-tailed Shrew	Goatgrass
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Liliopsida (Monocots)
Order	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)	Poales (Grasses)
Family	Soricidae	Poaceae (Grass Family)
Genus	Blarina	Aegilops
Species	Blarina hylophaga	Aegilops peregrina

Conservation Status

Elliot's Short-tailed Shrew

LC — Least Concern

Goatgrass

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Elliot's Short-tailed Shrew

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Goatgrass

Habitat

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