Asiatic Short-tailed Shrew vs Mingan Grapefern

Blarinella quadraticauda compared with Botrychium minganense

Key Differences

• Asiatic Short-tailed Shrew is Near Threatened while Mingan Grapefern is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Asiatic Short-tailed Shrew	Mingan Grapefern
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Tracheophyta
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)
Order	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)	Ophioglossales (Ophioglossales)
Family	Soricidae	Ophioglossaceae
Genus	Blarinella	Botrychium
Species	Blarinella quadraticauda	Botrychium minganense

Conservation Status

Asiatic Short-tailed Shrew

NT — Near Threatened

Mingan Grapefern

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Asiatic Short-tailed Shrew

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Mingan Grapefern

Habitat

Typically found in moist, shaded forest floors and tropical canopies.

Range

Found across Europe (4 countries) and North America (Canada, 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.