Asiatic Short-tailed Shrew vs Foxtail

Blarinella quadraticauda compared with Amaranthus caudatus

Key Differences

• Asiatic Short-tailed Shrew is Near Threatened while Foxtail is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Asiatic Short-tailed Shrew	Foxtail
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)	Caryophyllales (Caryophyllales)
Family	Soricidae	Amaranthaceae
Genus	Blarinella	Amaranthus
Species	Blarinella quadraticauda	Amaranthus caudatus

Conservation Status

Asiatic Short-tailed Shrew

NT — Near Threatened

Foxtail

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Asiatic Short-tailed Shrew

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Foxtail

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (8 countries), Asia (11 countries), Europe (27 countries), North America (Canada, United States), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia), 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.