Elliot's Short-tailed Shrew vs Nimblewill

Blarina hylophaga compared with Muhlenbergia schreberi

Key Differences

• Elliot's Short-tailed Shrew is Least Concern while Nimblewill is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Elliot's Short-tailed Shrew	Nimblewill
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	Muhlenbergia
Species	Blarina hylophaga	Muhlenbergia schreberi

Conservation Status

Elliot's Short-tailed Shrew

LC — Least Concern

Nimblewill

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Elliot's Short-tailed Shrew

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Nimblewill

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (Georgia, Japan), Europe (4 countries), North America (Canada, United States), and South America (Brazil).