Short-tailed

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