Asiatic Short-tailed Shrew vs Hydrangea

Blarinella quadraticauda compared with Hydrangea macrophylla

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Asiatic Short-tailed Shrew	Hydrangea
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)	Cornales (Cornales)
Family	Soricidae	Hydrangeaceae
Genus	Blarinella	Hydrangea
Species	Blarinella quadraticauda	Hydrangea macrophylla

Conservation Status

Asiatic Short-tailed Shrew

NT — Near Threatened

Hydrangea

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Asiatic Short-tailed Shrew

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Hydrangea

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Seychelles, South Africa), Asia (India, Taiwan, Turkey), Europe (10 countries), North America (Guatemala), Oceania and the Pacific (Micronesia, New Zealand), and South America (Brazil, Colombia, Peru).

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.