Asiatic Short-tailed Shrew vs Jackswitch

Blarinella quadraticauda compared with Corchorus hirsutus

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Asiatic Short-tailed Shrew	Jackswitch
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)	Malvales (Malvales)
Family	Soricidae	Malvaceae
Genus	Blarinella	Corchorus
Species	Blarinella quadraticauda	Corchorus hirsutus

Conservation Status

Asiatic Short-tailed Shrew

NT — Near Threatened

Jackswitch

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Asiatic Short-tailed Shrew

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Jackswitch

Habitat

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

Range

Found in 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.