Asiatic Short-tailed Shrew vs Gray-bellied Night Monkey

Blarinella quadraticauda compared with Aotus lemurinus

Key Differences

• Asiatic Short-tailed Shrew is Near Threatened while Gray-bellied Night Monkey is Vulnerable.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Asiatic Short-tailed Shrew	Gray-bellied Night Monkey
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum same	Chordata (Chordates)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class same	Mammalia (Mammals)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)	Primates (Primates)
Family	Soricidae	Aotidae
Genus	Blarinella	Aotus
Species	Blarinella quadraticauda	Aotus lemurinus

Evolutionary Relationship

Asiatic Short-tailed Shrew and Gray-bellied Night Monkey share a common ancestor at the Class level: Mammalia. (Mammals)

Conservation Status

Asiatic Short-tailed Shrew

NT — Near Threatened

Gray-bellied Night Monkey

VU — Vulnerable

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Asiatic Short-tailed Shrew	Gray-bellied Night Monkey
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Asiatic Short-tailed Shrew

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Gray-bellied Night Monkey

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Colombia, Ecuador, and Venezuela. Currently classified as Vulnerable 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.