Asiatic Short-tailed Shrew vs Seagrape

Blarinella quadraticauda compared with Coccoloba uvifera

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Asiatic Short-tailed Shrew	Seagrape
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)	Caryophyllales (Caryophyllales)
Family	Soricidae	Polygonaceae
Genus	Blarinella	Coccoloba
Species	Blarinella quadraticauda	Coccoloba uvifera

Conservation Status

Asiatic Short-tailed Shrew

NT — Near Threatened

Seagrape

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Asiatic Short-tailed Shrew

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Seagrape

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Seychelles), Asia (4 countries), North America (Cuba, United States), Oceania and the Pacific (Marshall Islands), and South America (Brazil, Colombia).

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.