Asiatic Short-tailed Shrew vs Elegant Spreadwing

Blarinella quadraticauda compared with Lestes inaequalis

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Asiatic Short-tailed Shrew	Elegant Spreadwing
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Insecta (Insects)
Order	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)	Odonata (Odonata)
Family	Soricidae	Lestidae
Genus	Blarinella	Lestes
Species	Blarinella quadraticauda	Lestes inaequalis

Evolutionary Relationship

Asiatic Short-tailed Shrew and Elegant Spreadwing share a common ancestor at the Kingdom level: Animalia. (Animals)

Conservation Status

Asiatic Short-tailed Shrew

NT — Near Threatened

Elegant Spreadwing

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Asiatic Short-tailed Shrew

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Elegant Spreadwing

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Found in 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.