Asiatic Short-tailed Shrew vs Goa-bean

Blarinella quadraticauda compared with Psophocarpus tetragonolobus

Key Differences

• Asiatic Short-tailed Shrew is Near Threatened while Goa-bean is Data Deficient.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Asiatic Short-tailed Shrew	Goa-bean
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)	Fabales (Legumes & Allies)
Family	Soricidae	Fabaceae
Genus	Blarinella	Psophocarpus
Species	Blarinella quadraticauda	Psophocarpus tetragonolobus

Conservation Status

Asiatic Short-tailed Shrew

NT — Near Threatened

Goa-bean

DD — Data Deficient

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Asiatic Short-tailed Shrew

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Goa-bean

Habitat

Inhabits tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests and tropical and subtropical coniferous forests within the Indomalayan biogeographic realm. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Distributed across Brazil, Colombia, Philippines, 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.