Elliot's Short-tailed Shrew vs Gray Tortrix

Blarina hylophaga compared with Cnephasia stephensiana

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Elliot's Short-tailed Shrew	Gray Tortrix
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Insecta (Insects)
Order	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)	Lepidoptera (Butterflies & Moths)
Family	Soricidae	Tortricidae
Genus	Blarina	Cnephasia
Species	Blarina hylophaga	Cnephasia stephensiana

Evolutionary Relationship

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

Conservation Status

Elliot's Short-tailed Shrew

LC — Least Concern

Gray Tortrix

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Elliot's Short-tailed Shrew

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Gray Tortrix

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Distributed across Belgium, Denmark, Norway, Sweden, and United States.