Asiatic Short-tailed Shrew vs black-bindweed

Blarinella quadraticauda compared with Dioscorea communis

Key Differences

• Asiatic Short-tailed Shrew is Near Threatened while black-bindweed is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Asiatic Short-tailed Shrew	black-bindweed
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Liliopsida (Monocots)
Order	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)	Dioscoreales (Dioscoreales)
Family	Soricidae	Dioscoreaceae
Genus	Blarinella	Dioscorea
Species	Blarinella quadraticauda	Dioscorea communis

Conservation Status

Asiatic Short-tailed Shrew

NT — Near Threatened

black-bindweed

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Asiatic Short-tailed Shrew	black-bindweed
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Asiatic Short-tailed Shrew

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

black-bindweed

Habitat

Typically found in grasslands, wetlands, forests, and cultivated landscapes.

Range

Distributed across Portugal 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.

black-bindweed

The Black-bindweed (Dioscorea communis) is a species in the genus Dioscorea. Typically found in grasslands, wetlands, forests, and cultivated landscapes.