Asiatic Short-tailed Shrew vs Simons' cotoneaster

Blarinella quadraticauda compared with Cotoneaster simonsii

Key Differences

• Asiatic Short-tailed Shrew is Near Threatened while Simons' cotoneaster is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Asiatic Short-tailed Shrew	Simons' cotoneaster
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)	Rosales (Roses & Allies)
Family	Soricidae	Rosaceae (Rose Family)
Genus	Blarinella	Cotoneaster
Species	Blarinella quadraticauda	Cotoneaster simonsii

Conservation Status

Asiatic Short-tailed Shrew

NT — Near Threatened

Simons' cotoneaster

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Asiatic Short-tailed Shrew	Simons' cotoneaster
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Asiatic Short-tailed Shrew

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Simons' cotoneaster

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (South Africa), Europe (9 countries), North America (Canada, United States), and Oceania and the Pacific (Australia, New Zealand).

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.