Elliot's Short-tailed Shrew vs small notchwort

Blarina hylophaga compared with Lophozia ascendens

Key Differences

• Elliot's Short-tailed Shrew is Least Concern while small notchwort is Vulnerable.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Elliot's Short-tailed Shrew	small notchwort
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Marchantiophyta (liverwort)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Jungermanniopsida (Jungermanniopsida)
Order	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)	Jungermanniales (Jungermanniales)
Family	Soricidae	Lophoziaceae
Genus	Blarina	Lophozia
Species	Blarina hylophaga	Lophozia ascendens

Conservation Status

Elliot's Short-tailed Shrew

LC — Least Concern

small notchwort

VU — Vulnerable

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Elliot's Short-tailed Shrew	small notchwort
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Elliot's Short-tailed Shrew

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

small notchwort

Habitat

Native to Europe and North America, inhabiting ecosystems characteristic of the region.

Range

Distributed across Norway, Sweden, and United States. Currently classified as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List, this species faces significant conservation challenges across its range.