Elliot's Short-tailed Shrew vs Toad's Ear

Blarina hylophaga compared with Otidea bufonia

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Elliot's Short-tailed Shrew	Toad's Ear
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Fungi (Fungi)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Ascomycota (Sac Fungi)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Pezizomycetes (Pezizomycetes)
Order	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)	Pezizales (Pezizales)
Family	Soricidae	Otideaceae
Genus	Blarina	Otidea
Species	Blarina hylophaga	Otidea bufonia

Conservation Status

Elliot's Short-tailed Shrew

LC — Least Concern

Toad's Ear

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Elliot's Short-tailed Shrew

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Toad's Ear

Habitat

Native to Europe, inhabiting ecosystems characteristic of the region.

Range

Distributed across Belgium, Denmark, Norway, and Sweden.