Elliot's short-tailed shrew: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

Where the Elliot's short-tailed shrew lives – recorded in 1 country, with quick facts from Wikidata and an introduction from Wikipedia.

Scientific name	Blarina hylophaga
Group	Hedgehogs, shrews & moles
Status	Least concern (Wikidata, IUCN category label)
Found in	1 country
Continents	North America
Mass	14.5 g (adult weight)
Class	Mammal
Order	Eulipotyphla
Family	Soricidae

Where does the Elliot's short-tailed shrew live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the Elliot's short-tailed shrew in 1 country or territory across North America.

United States

Countries with at least a handful of records (a minimum share of the species’ records, to leave out vagrants and escapes). Records with coordinates only; captive and fossil records excluded.

How big is an Elliot's short-tailed shrew?

Wikidata records the following for the Elliot's short-tailed shrew: mass 14.5 g (adult weight).

Is the Elliot's short-tailed shrew endangered?

The Elliot's short-tailed shrew’s conservation status recorded in Wikidata is “Least concern” (an IUCN Red List category label). Source: Wikidata.

What kind of animal is the Elliot's short-tailed shrew?

The Elliot's short-tailed shrew (Blarina hylophaga) is a mammal in the order Eulipotyphla and the family Soricidae, genus Blarina. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)

About the Elliot's short-tailed shrew

Elliot's short-tailed shrew (Blarina hylophaga) is a small, slate grey, short-tailed species of shrew. Its common name comes from Daniel Giraud Elliot, who first described the species in 1899.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Elliot's short-tailed shrew (revision 1314064722), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q1770017 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).