American Bald Eagle vs Asiatic Short-tailed Shrew

Haliaeetus leucocephalus compared with Blarinella quadraticauda

Key Differences

• American Bald Eagle is Not Evaluated while Asiatic Short-tailed Shrew is Near Threatened.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	American Bald Eagle	Asiatic Short-tailed Shrew
Kingdom same	Animalia (حيوانات)	Animalia (حيوانات)
Phylum same	Chordata (حبليات)	Chordata (حبليات)
Class	Aves (طيور)	Mammalia (ثدييات)
Order	Accipitriformes (بازيات)	Soricomorpha (زبابيات الشكل)
Family	Accipitridae (Hawks & Eagles)	Soricidae
Genus	Haliaeetus (Sea Eagles)	Blarinella
Species	Haliaeetus leucocephalus	Blarinella quadraticauda

Evolutionary Relationship

American Bald Eagle and Asiatic Short-tailed Shrew share a common ancestor at the Phylum level: Chordata. (حبليات)

Conservation Status

American Bald Eagle

NE — Not Evaluated

Population: ~316.7K

Trend: Increasing ↑

Asiatic Short-tailed Shrew

NT — Near Threatened

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	American Bald Eagle	Asiatic Short-tailed Shrew
Diet	Carnivore	—
Average Lifespan	28 years	—
Average Length	90 cm	—
Average Weight	5.0 kg	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

American Bald Eagle

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests, and flooded grasslands and savannas, among 10 distinct biome types spanning the Neotropic and Palearctic realms. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Europe (8 countries), North America (United States), and South America (Ecuador).

Asiatic Short-tailed Shrew

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

American Bald Eagle

The national bird of the United States and a symbol of American conservation success, bald eagles have a wingspan of up to 2.4 meters and inhabit forests and wetlands near open water across North America. Powerful aerial predators and scavengers, they specialize in fish but also take waterfowl and carrion. Nearly extinct by the 1960s due to DDT poisoning and hunting, the bald eagle recovered dramatically following pesticide bans and the Endangered Species Act.

Asiatic Short-tailed Shrew

The Asiatic Short-tailed Shrew (Blarinella quadraticauda) is a species in the genus Blarinella. It is currently classified as Near Threatened on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.