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.
| Elliot's short-tailed shrew | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Eulipotyphla |
| Family: | Soricidae |
| Genus: | Blarina |
| Species: | B. hylophaga |
| Binomial name | |
| Blarina hylophaga Elliot, 1899 | |
| Elliot's short-tailed shrew range | |
| Synonyms | |
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Blarina carolinensis hylophaga | |
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