Asiatic Short-tailed Shrew vs Lined Hooktail

Blarinella quadraticauda compared with Paragomphus lineatus

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Asiatic Short-tailed Shrew	Lined Hooktail
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Insecta (Insects)
Order	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)	Odonata (Odonata)
Family	Soricidae	Gomphidae
Genus	Blarinella	Paragomphus
Species	Blarinella quadraticauda	Paragomphus lineatus

Evolutionary Relationship

Asiatic Short-tailed Shrew and Lined Hooktail share a common ancestor at the Kingdom level: Animalia. (Animals)

Conservation Status

Asiatic Short-tailed Shrew

NT — Near Threatened

Lined Hooktail

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Asiatic Short-tailed Shrew

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Lined Hooktail

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

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.