Elliot's Short-tailed Shrew vs Thrips

Blarina hylophaga compared with Aptinothrips stylifer

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Elliot's Short-tailed Shrew	Thrips
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Insecta (Insects)
Order	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)	Thysanoptera (Thysanoptera)
Family	Soricidae	Thripidae
Genus	Blarina	Aptinothrips
Species	Blarina hylophaga	Aptinothrips stylifer

Evolutionary Relationship

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

Conservation Status

Elliot's Short-tailed Shrew

LC — Least Concern

Thrips

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Elliot's Short-tailed Shrew

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Thrips

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

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