Elliot's Short-tailed Shrew vs Staph Beetle

Blarina hylophaga compared with Tasgius ater

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Elliot's Short-tailed Shrew	Staph Beetle
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Insecta (Insects)
Order	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)	Coleoptera (Beetles)
Family	Soricidae	Staphylinidae
Genus	Blarina	Tasgius
Species	Blarina hylophaga	Tasgius ater

Evolutionary Relationship

Elliot's Short-tailed Shrew and Staph Beetle share a common ancestor at the Kingdom level: Animalia. (Animals)

Conservation Status

Elliot's Short-tailed Shrew

LC — Least Concern

Staph Beetle

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Elliot's Short-tailed Shrew	Staph Beetle
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Elliot's Short-tailed Shrew

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Staph Beetle

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Distributed across Canada, Denmark, Norway, Sweden, and United States.