Elliot's Short-tailed Shrew vs Thicket Twist

Blarina hylophaga compared with Pandemis dumetana

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Elliot's Short-tailed Shrew	Thicket Twist
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Insecta (Insects)
Order	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)	Lepidoptera (Butterflies & Moths)
Family	Soricidae	Tortricidae
Genus	Blarina	Pandemis
Species	Blarina hylophaga	Pandemis dumetana

Evolutionary Relationship

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

Conservation Status

Elliot's Short-tailed Shrew

LC — Least Concern

Thicket Twist

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Elliot's Short-tailed Shrew	Thicket Twist
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Elliot's Short-tailed Shrew

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Thicket Twist

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Distributed across Belgium, Denmark, Norway, and Sweden.