Asiatic Short-tailed Shrew vs Indian toothcup

Blarinella quadraticauda compared with Rotala indica

Key Differences

• Asiatic Short-tailed Shrew is Near Threatened while Indian toothcup is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Asiatic Short-tailed Shrew	Indian toothcup
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)	Myrtales (Myrtales)
Family	Soricidae	Lythraceae
Genus	Blarinella	Rotala
Species	Blarinella quadraticauda	Rotala indica

Conservation Status

Asiatic Short-tailed Shrew

NT — Near Threatened

Indian toothcup

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Asiatic Short-tailed Shrew

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Indian toothcup

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (India, Uzbekistan), Europe (Italy, Portugal, Spain), North America (United States), and Oceania and the Pacific (Australia).

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.