Asiatic Short-tailed Shrew vs flax dodder

Blarinella quadraticauda compared with Cuscuta epilinum

Key Differences

• Asiatic Short-tailed Shrew is Near Threatened while flax dodder is Extinct.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Asiatic Short-tailed Shrew	flax dodder
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)	Solanales (Solanales)
Family	Soricidae	Convolvulaceae
Genus	Blarinella	Cuscuta
Species	Blarinella quadraticauda	Cuscuta epilinum

Conservation Status

Asiatic Short-tailed Shrew

NT — Near Threatened

flax dodder

EX — Extinct

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Asiatic Short-tailed Shrew

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

flax dodder

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Congo (DRC)), Asia (5 countries), Europe (20 countries), North America (Canada, United States), and South America (Brazil).

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.