Asiatic Short-tailed Shrew vs Floating Bur-Reed

Blarinella quadraticauda compared with Sparganium fluctuans

Key Differences

• Asiatic Short-tailed Shrew is Near Threatened while Floating Bur-Reed is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Asiatic Short-tailed Shrew	Floating Bur-Reed
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Liliopsida (Monocots)
Order	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)	Poales (Grasses)
Family	Soricidae	Typhaceae
Genus	Blarinella	Sparganium
Species	Blarinella quadraticauda	Sparganium fluctuans

Conservation Status

Asiatic Short-tailed Shrew

NT — Near Threatened

Floating Bur-Reed

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Asiatic Short-tailed Shrew	Floating Bur-Reed
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Asiatic Short-tailed Shrew

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Floating Bur-Reed

Habitat

Typically found in grasslands, wetlands, forests, and cultivated landscapes.

Range

Distributed across Canada and 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.