Asiatic Short-tailed Shrew vs Ragged Pseudocyphellaria

Blarinella quadraticauda compared with Pseudocyphellaria lacerata

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Asiatic Short-tailed Shrew	Ragged Pseudocyphellaria
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Fungi (Fungi)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Ascomycota (Sac Fungi)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Lecanoromycetes (Lecanoromycetes)
Order	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)	Peltigerales (Peltigerales)
Family	Soricidae	Lobariaceae
Genus	Blarinella	Pseudocyphellaria
Species	Blarinella quadraticauda	Pseudocyphellaria lacerata

Conservation Status

Asiatic Short-tailed Shrew

NT — Near Threatened

Ragged Pseudocyphellaria

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Asiatic Short-tailed Shrew

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Ragged Pseudocyphellaria

Habitat

Native to Europe, inhabiting ecosystems characteristic of the region.

Range

Distributed across Norway and Portugal.

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.