Elliot's Short-tailed Shrew vs Red Balau

Blarina hylophaga compared with Shorea carapae

Key Differences

• Elliot's Short-tailed Shrew is Least Concern while Red Balau is Near Threatened.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Elliot's Short-tailed Shrew	Red Balau
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)	Malvales (Malvales)
Family	Soricidae	Dipterocarpaceae
Genus	Blarina	Shorea
Species	Blarina hylophaga	Shorea carapae

Conservation Status

Elliot's Short-tailed Shrew

LC — Least Concern

Red Balau

NT — Near Threatened

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Elliot's Short-tailed Shrew

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Red Balau

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.