Asiatic Short-tailed Shrew vs Floating Sundew

Blarinella quadraticauda compared with Drosera intermedia

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Asiatic Short-tailed Shrew	Floating Sundew
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)	Caryophyllales (Caryophyllales)
Family	Soricidae	Droseraceae
Genus	Blarinella	Drosera
Species	Blarinella quadraticauda	Drosera intermedia

Conservation Status

Asiatic Short-tailed Shrew

NT — Near Threatened

Floating Sundew

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Asiatic Short-tailed Shrew

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Floating Sundew

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (Japan), Europe (7 countries), North America (Canada, Cuba, 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.