Asiatic Short-tailed Shrew vs Redclaw

Blarinella quadraticauda compared with Cherax quadricarinatus

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Asiatic Short-tailed Shrew	Redclaw
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Malacostraca (Crustaceans)
Order	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)	Decapoda (Decapoda)
Family	Soricidae	Parastacidae
Genus	Blarinella	Cherax
Species	Blarinella quadraticauda	Cherax quadricarinatus

Evolutionary Relationship

Asiatic Short-tailed Shrew and Redclaw share a common ancestor at the Kingdom level: Animalia. (Animals)

Conservation Status

Asiatic Short-tailed Shrew

NT — Near Threatened

Redclaw

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Asiatic Short-tailed Shrew

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Redclaw

Habitat

Inhabits tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests within the Indomalayan biogeographic realm.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (4 countries), Asia (8 countries), Europe (8 countries), North America (5 countries), and South America (5 countries).

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.