Elliot's Short-tailed Shrew vs scratch grass

Blarina hylophaga compared with Muhlenbergia asperifolia

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Elliot's Short-tailed Shrew	scratch grass
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Liliopsida (Monocots)
Order	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)	Poales (Grasses)
Family	Soricidae	Poaceae (Grass Family)
Genus	Blarina	Muhlenbergia
Species	Blarina hylophaga	Muhlenbergia asperifolia

Conservation Status

Elliot's Short-tailed Shrew

LC — Least Concern

scratch grass

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Elliot's Short-tailed Shrew

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

scratch grass

Habitat

Typically found in grasslands, wetlands, forests, and cultivated landscapes.

Range

Found in Canada.