Short-tailed
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Short-tailed may refer to:
In mammalogy:
- American short-tailed shrew, group of relatively large shrews with relatively short tails found in North America
- Elliot's Short-tailed Shrew, small, slate grey, short-tailed species of shrew
- Emilia's Short-tailed Opossum, opossum species from South America
- Gray Short-tailed Opossum, small member of the Didelphidae family of opossums
- Long-nosed Short-tailed Opossum, opossum species from South America
- Marajó Short-tailed Opossum, opossum species from South America
- New Zealand Greater Short-tailed Bat, one of only two species of short-tailed bats
- New Zealand Lesser Short-tailed Bat, one of only two species of short-tailed bats
- Northern Short-tailed Shrew, large shrew found in central and eastern North America
- Pygmy Short-tailed Opossum, opossum species from South America
- Short-tailed Gymnure, small insectivore that is found in southeast Asia
- Short-tailed Hopping Mouse, extinct species of mouse from open stony plains with desert grasses, low shrubs and sand ridges
- Short-tailed opossum, genus of marsupials in the family Didelphidae
- Southern Short-tailed Shrew, small, gray, short-tailed mammal
In ornithology:
- Short-tailed Albatross, large rare seabird from the North Pacific
- Short-tailed Hawk, bird of prey in the family Accipitridae
- Short-tailed Magpie, passerine bird of crow family, Corvidae
- Short-tailed Paradigalla, stocky black plumaged bird of paradise
- Short-tailed Shearwater, the most abundant seabird species in Australia
- Short-tailed Swift, common resident breeding bird on Trinidad, Tobago, Grenada and St Vincent, and in tropical South America
In other fields:
- Short-tailed Blue, butterfly in the family Lycaenidae
- Short-tailed Horned Lizard, very rare lizard
- Short-tailed monitor, monitor lizard

