Asiatic Short-tailed Shrew vs Jio

Blarinella quadraticauda compared with Commelina benghalensis

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Asiatic Short-tailed Shrew	Jio
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Liliopsida (Monocots)
Order	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)	Commelinales (Commelinales)
Family	Soricidae	Commelinaceae
Genus	Blarinella	Commelina
Species	Blarinella quadraticauda	Commelina benghalensis

Conservation Status

Asiatic Short-tailed Shrew

NT — Near Threatened

Jio

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Asiatic Short-tailed Shrew

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Jio

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, flooded grasslands and savannas, and tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests, among 5 distinct biome types. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (11 countries), Asia (7 countries), Europe (Croatia, Portugal, Spain), North America (Mexico, Saint Kitts and Nevis, United States), Oceania and the Pacific (6 countries), and South America (5 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.