Asiatic Short-tailed Shrew vs red-cedar

Blarinella quadraticauda compared with Trichilia hirta

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Asiatic Short-tailed Shrew	red-cedar
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)	Sapindales (Sapindales)
Family	Soricidae	Meliaceae
Genus	Blarinella	Trichilia
Species	Blarinella quadraticauda	Trichilia hirta

Conservation Status

Asiatic Short-tailed Shrew

NT — Near Threatened

red-cedar

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Asiatic Short-tailed Shrew

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

red-cedar

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Brazil, Colombia, and Cuba.

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.