Elliot's Short-tailed Shrew vs

Blarina hylophaga compared with Pinnularia mesolepta

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Elliot's Short-tailed Shrew
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Chromista (Chromista)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Ochrophyta (Ochrophyta)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Bacillariophyceae (Bacillariophyceae)
Order	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)	Naviculales (Naviculales)
Family	Soricidae	Pinnulariaceae
Genus	Blarina	Pinnularia
Species	Blarina hylophaga	Pinnularia mesolepta

Conservation Status

Elliot's Short-tailed Shrew

LC — Least Concern

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Elliot's Short-tailed Shrew

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Habitat

Native to Asia and Europe and South America, inhabiting ecosystems characteristic of the region.

Range

Distributed across Brazil, Norway, Portugal, Sweden, and Taiwan.

Pinnularia mesolepta is a freshwater diatom with a boat-shaped, symmetrical siliceous frustule and distinctive raphe canal along the cell axis. It inhabits benthic and epiphytic habitats in oligotrophic to mesotrophic freshwater lakes, streams, and bogs. This photosynthetic diatom forms part of the microbial biofilm community in freshwater habitats.