Elliot's Short-tailed Shrew vs Leafhopper

Blarina hylophaga compared with Oncopsis flavicollis

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Elliot's Short-tailed Shrew	Leafhopper
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Insecta (Insects)
Order	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)	Hemiptera (Hemiptera)
Family	Soricidae	Cicadellidae
Genus	Blarina	Oncopsis
Species	Blarina hylophaga	Oncopsis flavicollis

Evolutionary Relationship

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

Conservation Status

Elliot's Short-tailed Shrew

LC — Least Concern

Leafhopper

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Elliot's Short-tailed Shrew

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Leafhopper

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including temperate coniferous forests, montane grasslands and shrublands, and deserts and xeric shrublands within the Palearctic biogeographic realm. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Algeria, Tunisia), Asia (10 countries), Europe (27 countries), and North America (United States).