Elliot's Short-tailed Shrew vs Gorse Lacebug

Blarina hylophaga compared with Dictyonota strichnocera

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Elliot's Short-tailed Shrew	Gorse Lacebug
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Insecta (Insects)
Order	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)	Hemiptera (Hemiptera)
Family	Soricidae	Tingidae
Genus	Blarina	Dictyonota
Species	Blarina hylophaga	Dictyonota strichnocera

Evolutionary Relationship

Elliot's Short-tailed Shrew and Gorse Lacebug share a common ancestor at the Kingdom level: Animalia. (Animals)

Conservation Status

Elliot's Short-tailed Shrew

LC — Least Concern

Gorse Lacebug

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Elliot's Short-tailed Shrew

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Gorse Lacebug

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Distributed across Belgium and Denmark.