Asiatic Short-tailed Shrew vs mountain melick

Blarinella quadraticauda compared with Melica nutans

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Asiatic Short-tailed Shrew	mountain melick
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Liliopsida (Monocots)
Order	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)	Poales (Grasses)
Family	Soricidae	Poaceae (Grass Family)
Genus	Blarinella	Melica
Species	Blarinella quadraticauda	Melica nutans

Conservation Status

Asiatic Short-tailed Shrew

NT — Near Threatened

mountain melick

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Asiatic Short-tailed Shrew

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

mountain melick

Habitat

Typically found in grasslands, wetlands, forests, and cultivated landscapes.

Range

Distributed across Belgium, Denmark, Norway, and Sweden.

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.