Asiatic Short-tailed Shrew vs Red Sumac

Blarinella quadraticauda compared with Rhus glabra

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Asiatic Short-tailed Shrew	Red Sumac
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)	Sapindales (Sapindales)
Family	Soricidae	Anacardiaceae
Genus	Blarinella	Rhus
Species	Blarinella quadraticauda	Rhus glabra

Conservation Status

Asiatic Short-tailed Shrew

NT — Near Threatened

Red Sumac

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Asiatic Short-tailed Shrew

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Red Sumac

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Europe (4 countries), North America (Canada, United States), and Oceania and the Pacific (Australia).

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.