Elliot's Short-tailed Shrew vs Stinking chamomile

Blarina hylophaga compared with Anthemis cotula

Key Differences

• Elliot's Short-tailed Shrew is Least Concern while Stinking chamomile is Near Threatened.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Elliot's Short-tailed Shrew	Stinking chamomile
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)	Asterales (Daisies & Sunflowers)
Family	Soricidae	Asteraceae (Daisy Family)
Genus	Blarina	Anthemis
Species	Blarina hylophaga	Anthemis cotula

Conservation Status

Elliot's Short-tailed Shrew

LC — Least Concern

Stinking chamomile

NT — Near Threatened

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Elliot's Short-tailed Shrew	Stinking chamomile
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Elliot's Short-tailed Shrew

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Stinking chamomile

Habitat

Inhabits deserts and xeric shrublands within the Palearctic biogeographic realm.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (South Africa), Asia (Georgia, India), Europe (13 countries), North America (Canada, Mexico, United States), and South America (Argentina, Brazil, Chile). Listed as Near Threatened, this species requires ongoing monitoring to prevent population decline.