Asiatic Short-tailed Shrew vs Dock

Blarinella quadraticauda compared with Rumex confusus

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Asiatic Short-tailed Shrew	Dock
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)	Caryophyllales (Caryophyllales)
Family	Soricidae	Polygonaceae
Genus	Blarinella	Rumex
Species	Blarinella quadraticauda	Rumex confusus

Conservation Status

Asiatic Short-tailed Shrew

NT — Near Threatened

Dock

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Asiatic Short-tailed Shrew

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Dock

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Belgium, France, Netherlands, United Kingdom, 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.