Elliot's short-tailed shrew

Elliot's short-tailed shrew[1]

Secure  (NatureServe)[3]
Scientific classification Edit this 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

Blarina carolinensis hylophaga

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.

  1. ^ Hutterer, R. (2005). Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M. (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 269. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
  2. ^ Cassola, F. (2017) [errata version of 2016 assessment]. "Blarina hylophaga". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T41453A115187348. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T41453A22292879.en.
  3. ^ "Blarina hylophaga | NatureServe Explorer". NatureServe Explorer. Retrieved 4 October 2024.