Elliot's Short-tailed Shrew vs mottled rustic

Blarina hylophaga compared with Caradrina morpheus

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Elliot's Short-tailed Shrew	mottled rustic
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Insecta (Insects)
Order	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)	Lepidoptera (Butterflies & Moths)
Family	Soricidae	Noctuidae
Genus	Blarina	Caradrina
Species	Blarina hylophaga	Caradrina morpheus

Evolutionary Relationship

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

Conservation Status

Elliot's Short-tailed Shrew

LC — Least Concern

mottled rustic

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Elliot's Short-tailed Shrew

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

mottled rustic

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Found across Europe (4 countries) and North America (Canada, United States).