Elliot's Short-tailed Shrew vs variable forklet moss

Blarina hylophaga compared with Dicranella varia

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Elliot's Short-tailed Shrew	variable forklet moss
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Bryophyta
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Bryopsida (Bryopsida)
Order	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)	Dicranales (Dicranales)
Family	Soricidae	Dicranellaceae
Genus	Blarina	Dicranella
Species	Blarina hylophaga	Dicranella varia

Conservation Status

Elliot's Short-tailed Shrew

LC — Least Concern

variable forklet moss

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Elliot's Short-tailed Shrew	variable forklet moss
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 forklet moss

Habitat

Native to Europe and North America and South America, inhabiting ecosystems characteristic of the region.

Range

Widely distributed across Europe (5 countries), North America (United States), and South America (Colombia).