Asiatic Short-tailed Shrew vs Five-toed Pygmy Jerboa

Blarinella quadraticauda compared with Cardiocranius paradoxus

Key Differences

• Asiatic Short-tailed Shrew is Near Threatened while Five-toed Pygmy Jerboa is Data Deficient.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Asiatic Short-tailed Shrew	Five-toed Pygmy Jerboa
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum same	Chordata (Chordates)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class same	Mammalia (Mammals)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)	Rodentia (Rodents)
Family	Soricidae	Dipodidae
Genus	Blarinella	Cardiocranius
Species	Blarinella quadraticauda	Cardiocranius paradoxus

Evolutionary Relationship

Asiatic Short-tailed Shrew and Five-toed Pygmy Jerboa share a common ancestor at the Class level: Mammalia. (Mammals)

Conservation Status

Asiatic Short-tailed Shrew

NT — Near Threatened

Five-toed Pygmy Jerboa

DD — Data Deficient

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Asiatic Short-tailed Shrew	Five-toed Pygmy Jerboa
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Asiatic Short-tailed Shrew

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Five-toed Pygmy Jerboa

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.