Elliot's Short-tailed Shrew vs potato aphid

Blarina hylophaga compared with Macrosiphum euphorbiae

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Elliot's Short-tailed Shrew	potato aphid
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Insecta (Insects)
Order	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)	Hemiptera (Hemiptera)
Family	Soricidae	Aphididae
Genus	Blarina	Macrosiphum
Species	Blarina hylophaga	Macrosiphum euphorbiae

Evolutionary Relationship

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

Conservation Status

Elliot's Short-tailed Shrew

LC — Least Concern

potato aphid

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Elliot's Short-tailed Shrew

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

potato aphid

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (South Africa), Asia (Israel, Japan), Europe (35 countries), North America (United States), and South America (Ecuador).