Asiatic Short-tailed Shrew vs Mastic Thyme

Blarinella quadraticauda compared with Thymus mastichina

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Asiatic Short-tailed Shrew	Mastic Thyme
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)	Lamiales (Lamiales)
Family	Soricidae	Lamiaceae
Genus	Blarinella	Thymus
Species	Blarinella quadraticauda	Thymus mastichina

Conservation Status

Asiatic Short-tailed Shrew

NT — Near Threatened

Mastic Thyme

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Asiatic Short-tailed Shrew

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Mastic Thyme

Habitat

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

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.