Asiatic Short-tailed Shrew vs Fimbry

Blarinella quadraticauda compared with Fimbristylis littoralis

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Asiatic Short-tailed Shrew	Fimbry
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Liliopsida (Monocots)
Order	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)	Poales (Grasses)
Family	Soricidae	Cyperaceae
Genus	Blarinella	Fimbristylis
Species	Blarinella quadraticauda	Fimbristylis littoralis

Conservation Status

Asiatic Short-tailed Shrew

NT — Near Threatened

Fimbry

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Asiatic Short-tailed Shrew

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Fimbry

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, deserts and xeric shrublands, and tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (7 countries), Asia (Brunei, Singapore, Thailand), North America (6 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (4 countries), and South America (4 countries).

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.