Elliot's Short-tailed Shrew vs Squirrel Corn

Blarina hylophaga compared with Dicentra canadensis

Key Differences

• Elliot's Short-tailed Shrew is Least Concern while Squirrel Corn is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Elliot's Short-tailed Shrew	Squirrel Corn
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)	Ranunculales (Ranunculales)
Family	Soricidae	Papaveraceae
Genus	Blarina	Dicentra
Species	Blarina hylophaga	Dicentra canadensis

Conservation Status

Elliot's Short-tailed Shrew

LC — Least Concern

Squirrel Corn

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Elliot's Short-tailed Shrew	Squirrel Corn
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Elliot's Short-tailed Shrew

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Squirrel Corn

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Canada and United States.