Asiatic Short-tailed Shrew vs Greater dodder

Blarinella quadraticauda compared with Cuscuta europaea

Key Differences

• Asiatic Short-tailed Shrew is Near Threatened while Greater dodder is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Asiatic Short-tailed Shrew	Greater dodder
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)	Solanales (Solanales)
Family	Soricidae	Convolvulaceae
Genus	Blarinella	Cuscuta
Species	Blarinella quadraticauda	Cuscuta europaea

Conservation Status

Asiatic Short-tailed Shrew

NT — Near Threatened

Greater dodder

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Asiatic Short-tailed Shrew

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Greater dodder

Habitat

Inhabits tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests within the Indomalayan biogeographic realm.

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (Bhutan, Turkey), Europe (5 countries), and North America (United States).

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.