Giant Mole Shrew vs Silkrubber

Blarina brevicauda compared with Funtumia elastica

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Giant Mole Shrew	Silkrubber
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)	Gentianales (Gentianales)
Family	Soricidae	Apocynaceae
Genus	Blarina	Funtumia
Species	Blarina brevicauda	Funtumia elastica

Conservation Status

Giant Mole Shrew

LC — Least Concern

Silkrubber

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Giant Mole Shrew	Silkrubber
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Giant Mole Shrew

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Found in United States.

Silkrubber

Habitat

Inhabits tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests within the Neotropic biogeographic realm.

Range

Distributed across Cameroon, Guinea, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Samoa, and Seychelles.