Elliot's Short-tailed Shrew vs Rose Rust

Blarina hylophaga compared with Phragmidium tuberculatum

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Elliot's Short-tailed Shrew	Rose Rust
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Fungi (Fungi)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Pucciniomycetes (Pucciniomycetes)
Order	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)	Pucciniales (Pucciniales)
Family	Soricidae	Phragmidiaceae
Genus	Blarina	Phragmidium
Species	Blarina hylophaga	Phragmidium tuberculatum

Conservation Status

Elliot's Short-tailed Shrew

LC — Least Concern

Rose Rust

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Elliot's Short-tailed Shrew

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Rose Rust

Habitat

Native to Europe, inhabiting ecosystems characteristic of the region.

Range

Distributed across Belgium, Denmark, Norway, Portugal, and Sweden.