Elliot's Short-tailed Shrew vs Green Hermit

Blarina hylophaga compared with Phaethornis guy

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Elliot's Short-tailed Shrew	Green Hermit
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum same	Chordata (Chordates)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Aves (Birds)
Order	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)	Apodiformes (Apodiformes)
Family	Soricidae	Trochilidae
Genus	Blarina	Phaethornis
Species	Blarina hylophaga	Phaethornis guy

Evolutionary Relationship

Elliot's Short-tailed Shrew and Green Hermit share a common ancestor at the Phylum level: Chordata. (Chordates)

Conservation Status

Elliot's Short-tailed Shrew

LC — Least Concern

Green Hermit

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Elliot's Short-tailed Shrew

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Green Hermit

Habitat

Typically found in various aerial, terrestrial, and aquatic environments.

Range

Distributed across Colombia, Ecuador, Norway, and Venezuela.

Green Hermit

A large hermit hummingbird of humid rainforest in Central America and the northern Andes, green hermits are named for the males' predominantly green plumage — unusual among hermits which are generally brown and buff. Females have blue-green upper parts and rufous underparts. Found from Costa Rica to Peru and Venezuela at elevations up to 1,600 meters in forest understory. They are important pollinators of large Heliconia and Calathea flowers along the forest floor, following established trap-line routes.