Asiatic Short-tailed Shrew vs gratiola

Blarinella quadraticauda compared with Gratiola officinalis

Key Differences

• Asiatic Short-tailed Shrew is Near Threatened while gratiola is Critically Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Asiatic Short-tailed Shrew	gratiola
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)	Lamiales (Lamiales)
Family	Soricidae	Plantaginaceae
Genus	Blarinella	Gratiola
Species	Blarinella quadraticauda	Gratiola officinalis

Conservation Status

Asiatic Short-tailed Shrew

NT — Near Threatened

gratiola

CR — Critically Endangered

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Asiatic Short-tailed Shrew

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

gratiola

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including temperate broadleaf and mixed forests, temperate coniferous forests, and Mediterranean forests and woodlands within the Palearctic biogeographic realm. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Distributed across Belgium, Denmark, France, Portugal, and Sweden. Currently classified as Critically Endangered on the IUCN Red List, this species faces significant conservation challenges across its range.

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.