Elliot's Short-tailed Shrew vs Root Rot

Blarina hylophaga compared with Heterobasidion annosum

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Elliot's Short-tailed Shrew	Root Rot
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Fungi (Fungi)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Agaricomycetes (Mushrooms)
Order	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)	Russulales (Russulales)
Family	Soricidae	Bondarzewiaceae
Genus	Blarina	Heterobasidion
Species	Blarina hylophaga	Heterobasidion annosum

Conservation Status

Elliot's Short-tailed Shrew

LC — Least Concern

Root Rot

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Elliot's Short-tailed Shrew

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Root Rot

Habitat

Typically found in forest floors, decomposing wood, and soil ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Belgium, Denmark, Dominican Republic, Norway, and Portugal.