Asiatic Short-tailed Shrew vs Elegant Fat-tailed Mouse Opossum

Blarinella quadraticauda compared with Thylamys elegans

Key Differences

• Asiatic Short-tailed Shrew is Near Threatened while Elegant Fat-tailed Mouse Opossum is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Asiatic Short-tailed Shrew	Elegant Fat-tailed Mouse Opossum
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum same	Chordata (Chordates)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class same	Mammalia (Mammals)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)	Didelphimorphia (Didelphimorphia)
Family	Soricidae	Didelphidae
Genus	Blarinella	Thylamys
Species	Blarinella quadraticauda	Thylamys elegans

Evolutionary Relationship

Asiatic Short-tailed Shrew and Elegant Fat-tailed Mouse Opossum share a common ancestor at the Class level: Mammalia. (Mammals)

Conservation Status

Asiatic Short-tailed Shrew

NT — Near Threatened

Elegant Fat-tailed Mouse Opossum

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Asiatic Short-tailed Shrew	Elegant Fat-tailed Mouse Opossum
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Asiatic Short-tailed Shrew

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Elegant Fat-tailed Mouse Opossum

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

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.