Asiatic Short-tailed Shrew vs Pectis

Blarinella quadraticauda compared with Pectis subsquarrosa

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Asiatic Short-tailed Shrew	Pectis
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)	Asterales (Daisies & Sunflowers)
Family	Soricidae	Asteraceae (Daisy Family)
Genus	Blarinella	Pectis
Species	Blarinella quadraticauda	Pectis subsquarrosa

Conservation Status

Asiatic Short-tailed Shrew

NT — Near Threatened

Pectis

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Asiatic Short-tailed Shrew

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Pectis

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.