Asiatic Short-tailed Shrew vs Native Caper

Blarinella quadraticauda compared with Capparis canescens

Key Differences

• Asiatic Short-tailed Shrew is Near Threatened while Native Caper is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Asiatic Short-tailed Shrew	Native Caper
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)	Brassicales (Brassicales)
Family	Soricidae	Capparaceae
Genus	Blarinella	Capparis
Species	Blarinella quadraticauda	Capparis canescens

Conservation Status

Asiatic Short-tailed Shrew

NT — Near Threatened

Native Caper

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Asiatic Short-tailed Shrew	Native Caper
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Asiatic Short-tailed Shrew

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Native Caper

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.