Asiatic Short-tailed Shrew vs Corn

Blarinella quadraticauda compared with Zea mays

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Asiatic Short-tailed Shrew	Corn
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Liliopsida (Monocots)
Order	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)	Poales (Grasses)
Family	Soricidae	Poaceae (Grass Family)
Genus	Blarinella	Zea
Species	Blarinella quadraticauda	Zea mays

Conservation Status

Asiatic Short-tailed Shrew

NT — Near Threatened

Corn

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Asiatic Short-tailed Shrew

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Corn

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (10 countries), Asia (4 countries), Europe (25 countries), North America (Canada, Costa Rica, United States), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia), and South America (Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador).

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.