Asiatic Short-tailed Shrew vs Deviltree

Blarinella quadraticauda compared with Alstonia macrophylla

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Asiatic Short-tailed Shrew	Deviltree
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)	Gentianales (Gentianales)
Family	Soricidae	Apocynaceae
Genus	Blarinella	Alstonia
Species	Blarinella quadraticauda	Alstonia macrophylla

Conservation Status

Asiatic Short-tailed Shrew

NT — Near Threatened

Deviltree

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Asiatic Short-tailed Shrew

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Deviltree

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests, and deserts and xeric shrublands within the Indomalayan biogeographic realm. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Distributed across Congo (DRC), Seychelles, Sri Lanka, 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.