Asiatic Short-tailed Shrew vs Confusing Bumble Bee

Blarinella quadraticauda compared with Bombus perplexus

Key Differences

• Asiatic Short-tailed Shrew is Near Threatened while Confusing Bumble Bee is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Asiatic Short-tailed Shrew	Confusing Bumble Bee
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Insecta (Insects)
Order	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)	Hymenoptera (Ants, Bees & Wasps)
Family	Soricidae	Apidae (Bees)
Genus	Blarinella	Bombus
Species	Blarinella quadraticauda	Bombus perplexus

Evolutionary Relationship

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

Conservation Status

Asiatic Short-tailed Shrew

NT — Near Threatened

Confusing Bumble Bee

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Asiatic Short-tailed Shrew	Confusing Bumble Bee
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Asiatic Short-tailed Shrew

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Confusing Bumble Bee

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Found in 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.