Asiatic Short-tailed Shrew vs Java plum

Blarinella quadraticauda compared with Syzygium cumini

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Asiatic Short-tailed Shrew	Java plum
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)	Myrtales (Myrtales)
Family	Soricidae	Myrtaceae
Genus	Blarinella	Syzygium
Species	Blarinella quadraticauda	Syzygium cumini

Conservation Status

Asiatic Short-tailed Shrew

NT — Near Threatened

Java plum

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Asiatic Short-tailed Shrew

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Java plum

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical grasslands and savannas, and montane grasslands and shrublands, among 7 distinct biome types. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (13 countries), Asia (8 countries), North America (16 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (6 countries), and South America (7 countries).

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.