Asiatic Short-tailed Shrew vs foothill flat sedge

Blarinella quadraticauda compared with Cyperus amabilis

Key Differences

• Asiatic Short-tailed Shrew is Near Threatened while foothill flat sedge is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Asiatic Short-tailed Shrew	foothill flat sedge
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	Cyperus
Species	Blarinella quadraticauda	Cyperus amabilis

Conservation Status

Asiatic Short-tailed Shrew

NT — Near Threatened

foothill flat sedge

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Asiatic Short-tailed Shrew	foothill flat sedge
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Asiatic Short-tailed Shrew

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

foothill flat sedge

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Burundi, Guinea, Madagascar), North America (Cuba), and South America (Brazil, Colombia).

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.