Elliot's Short-tailed Shrew vs mountain melick

Blarina hylophaga compared with Melica nutans

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Elliot's Short-tailed Shrew	mountain melick
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Liliopsida (Monocots)
Order	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)	Poales (Grasses)
Family	Soricidae	Poaceae (Grass Family)
Genus	Blarina	Melica
Species	Blarina hylophaga	Melica nutans

Conservation Status

Elliot's Short-tailed Shrew

LC — Least Concern

mountain melick

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Elliot's Short-tailed Shrew

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

mountain melick

Habitat

Typically found in grasslands, wetlands, forests, and cultivated landscapes.

Range

Distributed across Belgium, Denmark, Norway, and Sweden.