Asiatic Short-tailed Shrew vs Mountain-ash

Blarinella quadraticauda compared with Sorbus alnifolia

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Asiatic Short-tailed Shrew	Mountain-ash
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)	Rosales (Roses & Allies)
Family	Soricidae	Rosaceae (Rose Family)
Genus	Blarinella	Sorbus
Species	Blarinella quadraticauda	Sorbus alnifolia

Conservation Status

Asiatic Short-tailed Shrew

NT — Near Threatened

Mountain-ash

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Asiatic Short-tailed Shrew

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Mountain-ash

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Norway, Sweden, and 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.