Elliot's Short-tailed Shrew vs Heath Damselbug

Blarina hylophaga compared with Nabis ericetorum

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Elliot's Short-tailed Shrew	Heath Damselbug
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Insecta (Insects)
Order	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)	Hemiptera (Hemiptera)
Family	Soricidae	Nabidae
Genus	Blarina	Nabis
Species	Blarina hylophaga	Nabis ericetorum

Evolutionary Relationship

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

Conservation Status

Elliot's Short-tailed Shrew

LC — Least Concern

Heath Damselbug

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Elliot's Short-tailed Shrew

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Heath Damselbug

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Distributed across Belgium, Denmark, Norway, and Sweden.