Asiatic Short-tailed Shrew vs Brittle Bladderfern

Blarinella quadraticauda compared with Cystopteris tenuis

Key Differences

• Asiatic Short-tailed Shrew is Near Threatened while Brittle Bladderfern is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Asiatic Short-tailed Shrew	Brittle Bladderfern
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Tracheophyta
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)
Order	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)	Polypodiales (Polypodiales)
Family	Soricidae	Cystopteridaceae
Genus	Blarinella	Cystopteris
Species	Blarinella quadraticauda	Cystopteris tenuis

Conservation Status

Asiatic Short-tailed Shrew

NT — Near Threatened

Brittle Bladderfern

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Asiatic Short-tailed Shrew	Brittle Bladderfern
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Asiatic Short-tailed Shrew

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Brittle Bladderfern

Habitat

Typically found in moist, shaded forest floors and tropical canopies.

Range

Distributed across Canada and United States.

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.

Brittle Bladderfern

The Brittle Bladderfern (Cystopteris tenuis) is a species in the genus Cystopteris. Typically found in moist, shaded forest floors and tropical canopies.