Elliot's Short-tailed Shrew vs Mexican woodrat

Blarina hylophaga compared with Neotoma mexicana

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Elliot's Short-tailed Shrew	Mexican woodrat
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum same	Chordata (Chordates)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class same	Mammalia (Mammals)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)	Rodentia (Rodents)
Family	Soricidae	Cricetidae
Genus	Blarina	Neotoma
Species	Blarina hylophaga	Neotoma mexicana

Evolutionary Relationship

Elliot's Short-tailed Shrew and Mexican woodrat share a common ancestor at the Class level: Mammalia. (Mammals)

Conservation Status

Elliot's Short-tailed Shrew

LC — Least Concern

Mexican woodrat

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Elliot's Short-tailed Shrew

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Mexican woodrat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.