Asiatic Short-tailed Shrew vs four-leaf devil-pepper

Blarinella quadraticauda compared with Rauvolfia tetraphylla

Key Differences

• Asiatic Short-tailed Shrew is Near Threatened while four-leaf devil-pepper is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Asiatic Short-tailed Shrew	four-leaf devil-pepper
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)	Gentianales (Gentianales)
Family	Soricidae	Apocynaceae
Genus	Blarinella	Rauvolfia
Species	Blarinella quadraticauda	Rauvolfia tetraphylla

Conservation Status

Asiatic Short-tailed Shrew

NT — Near Threatened

four-leaf devil-pepper

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Asiatic Short-tailed Shrew	four-leaf devil-pepper
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Asiatic Short-tailed Shrew

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

four-leaf devil-pepper

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Australia, Colombia, India, and Taiwan.

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.