Elliot's Short-tailed Shrew vs Variable Dancer

Blarina hylophaga compared with Argia fumipennis

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Elliot's Short-tailed Shrew	Variable Dancer
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Insecta (Insects)
Order	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)	Odonata (Odonata)
Family	Soricidae	Coenagrionidae
Genus	Blarina	Argia
Species	Blarina hylophaga	Argia fumipennis

Evolutionary Relationship

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

Conservation Status

Elliot's Short-tailed Shrew

LC — Least Concern

Variable Dancer

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Elliot's Short-tailed Shrew

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Variable Dancer

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Found in United States.