Asiatic Short-tailed Shrew vs false pepperwort

Blarinella quadraticauda compared with Marsilea crenata

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Asiatic Short-tailed Shrew	false pepperwort
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Tracheophyta
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)
Order	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)	Salviniales (Salviniales)
Family	Soricidae	Marsileaceae
Genus	Blarinella	Marsilea
Species	Blarinella quadraticauda	Marsilea crenata

Conservation Status

Asiatic Short-tailed Shrew

NT — Near Threatened

false pepperwort

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Asiatic Short-tailed Shrew

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

false pepperwort

Habitat

Inhabits tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests and tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests spanning the Australasia and Indomalayan realms. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Found in Indonesia.

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.