Elliot's Short-tailed Shrew vs Fiveangled dodder

Blarina hylophaga compared with Cuscuta pentagona

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Elliot's Short-tailed Shrew	Fiveangled dodder
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (plantas)
Phylum	Chordata (cordados)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (mamíferos)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)	Solanales (Solanales)
Family	Soricidae	Convolvulaceae
Genus	Blarina	Cuscuta
Species	Blarina hylophaga	Cuscuta pentagona

Conservation Status

Elliot's Short-tailed Shrew

LC — Least Concern

Fiveangled dodder

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Elliot's Short-tailed Shrew

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Fiveangled dodder

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (4 countries), Asia (9 countries), Europe (Norway, Poland, Romania), North America (Canada, United States), Oceania and the Pacific (Fiji, Micronesia), and South America (Brazil, Colombia).