Elliot's Short-tailed Shrew vs Stinking Truffle

Blarina hylophaga compared with Tuber foetidum

Key Differences

• Elliot's Short-tailed Shrew is Least Concern while Stinking Truffle is Data Deficient.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Elliot's Short-tailed Shrew	Stinking Truffle
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Fungi (Fungi)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Ascomycota (Sac Fungi)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Pezizomycetes (Pezizomycetes)
Order	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)	Pezizales (Pezizales)
Family	Soricidae	Tuberaceae
Genus	Blarina	Tuber
Species	Blarina hylophaga	Tuber foetidum

Conservation Status

Elliot's Short-tailed Shrew

LC — Least Concern

Stinking Truffle

DD — Data Deficient

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Elliot's Short-tailed Shrew	Stinking Truffle
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 Truffle

Habitat

Native to Europe, inhabiting ecosystems characteristic of the region.

Range

Distributed across Denmark, Norway, and Sweden.