Asiatic Short-tailed Shrew vs Cuckoo-Bread

Blarinella quadraticauda compared with Oxalis acetosella

Key Differences

• Asiatic Short-tailed Shrew is Near Threatened while Cuckoo-Bread is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Asiatic Short-tailed Shrew	Cuckoo-Bread
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)	Oxalidales (Oxalidales)
Family	Soricidae	Oxalidaceae
Genus	Blarinella	Oxalis
Species	Blarinella quadraticauda	Oxalis acetosella

Conservation Status

Asiatic Short-tailed Shrew

NT — Near Threatened

Cuckoo-Bread

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Asiatic Short-tailed Shrew

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Cuckoo-Bread

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.

Range

Found across Europe (6 countries) and North America (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.