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