Asiatic Short-tailed Shrew vs pine grass

Blarinella quadraticauda compared with Calamagrostis rubescens

Key Differences

• Asiatic Short-tailed Shrew is Near Threatened while pine grass is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Asiatic Short-tailed Shrew	pine grass
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	Calamagrostis
Species	Blarinella quadraticauda	Calamagrostis rubescens

Conservation Status

Asiatic Short-tailed Shrew

NT — Near Threatened

pine grass

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Asiatic Short-tailed Shrew

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

pine grass

Habitat

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

Range

Found in Canada.

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.