Asiatic Short-tailed Shrew vs Azure Hawker

Blarinella quadraticauda compared with Aeshna caerulea

Key Differences

• Asiatic Short-tailed Shrew is Near Threatened while Azure Hawker is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Asiatic Short-tailed Shrew	Azure Hawker
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Insecta (Insects)
Order	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)	Odonata (Odonata)
Family	Soricidae	Aeshnidae
Genus	Blarinella	Aeshna
Species	Blarinella quadraticauda	Aeshna caerulea

Evolutionary Relationship

Asiatic Short-tailed Shrew and Azure Hawker share a common ancestor at the Kingdom level: Animalia. (Animals)

Conservation Status

Asiatic Short-tailed Shrew

NT — Near Threatened

Azure Hawker

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Asiatic Short-tailed Shrew	Azure Hawker
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Asiatic Short-tailed Shrew

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Azure Hawker

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Distributed across Norway and Sweden.

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.

Azure Hawker

The Azure Hawker (Aeshna caerulea) is a species in the genus Aeshna. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.