Elliot's short-tailed shrew

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English

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Etymology

Named after Daniel Giraud Elliot, who first described the species in 1899.

Noun

Elliot's short-tailed shrew (plural Elliot's short-tailed shrews)

  1. A shrew of species Blarina hylophaga.

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