Elliot's Short-tailed Shrew vs New Guinean Quoll

Blarina hylophaga compared with Dasyurus albopunctatus

Key Differences

• Elliot's Short-tailed Shrew is Least Concern while New Guinean Quoll is Near Threatened.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Elliot's Short-tailed Shrew	New Guinean Quoll
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum same	Chordata (Chordates)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class same	Mammalia (Mammals)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)	Dasyuromorphia (Dasyuromorphia)
Family	Soricidae	Dasyuridae
Genus	Blarina	Dasyurus
Species	Blarina hylophaga	Dasyurus albopunctatus

Evolutionary Relationship

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

Conservation Status

Elliot's Short-tailed Shrew

LC — Least Concern

New Guinean Quoll

NT — Near Threatened

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Elliot's Short-tailed Shrew	New Guinean Quoll
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Elliot's Short-tailed Shrew

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

New Guinean Quoll

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.