Asiatic Short-tailed Shrew vs Pomelo

Blarinella quadraticauda compared with Citrus maxima

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Asiatic Short-tailed Shrew	Pomelo
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)	Sapindales (Sapindales)
Family	Soricidae	Rutaceae
Genus	Blarinella	Citrus
Species	Blarinella quadraticauda	Citrus maxima

Conservation Status

Asiatic Short-tailed Shrew

NT — Near Threatened

Pomelo

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Asiatic Short-tailed Shrew

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Pomelo

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (5 countries), Asia (Laos, Maldives, Taiwan), Europe (Sweden), and South America (Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador).

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.