Elliot's Short-tailed Shrew vs Northern Firefly

Blarina hylophaga compared with Pyractomena borealis

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Elliot's Short-tailed Shrew	Northern Firefly
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Insecta (Insects)
Order	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)	Coleoptera (Beetles)
Family	Soricidae	Lampyridae
Genus	Blarina	Pyractomena
Species	Blarina hylophaga	Pyractomena borealis

Evolutionary Relationship

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

Conservation Status

Elliot's Short-tailed Shrew

LC — Least Concern

Northern Firefly

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Elliot's Short-tailed Shrew

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Northern Firefly

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Distributed across Canada and United States.