Asiatic Short-tailed Shrew vs Dew-Thread

Blarinella quadraticauda compared with Drosera filiformis

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Asiatic Short-tailed Shrew	Dew-Thread
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)	Caryophyllales (Caryophyllales)
Family	Soricidae	Droseraceae
Genus	Blarinella	Drosera
Species	Blarinella quadraticauda	Drosera filiformis

Conservation Status

Asiatic Short-tailed Shrew

NT — Near Threatened

Dew-Thread

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Asiatic Short-tailed Shrew

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Dew-Thread

Habitat

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

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.