Asiatic Short-tailed Shrew vs Simons’s Mouse Opossum

Blarinella quadraticauda compared with Marmosa simonsi

Key Differences

• Asiatic Short-tailed Shrew is Near Threatened while Simons’s Mouse Opossum is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Asiatic Short-tailed Shrew	Simons’s Mouse Opossum
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum same	Chordata (Chordates)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class same	Mammalia (Mammals)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)	Didelphimorphia (Didelphimorphia)
Family	Soricidae	Didelphidae
Genus	Blarinella	Marmosa
Species	Blarinella quadraticauda	Marmosa simonsi

Evolutionary Relationship

Asiatic Short-tailed Shrew and Simons’s Mouse Opossum share a common ancestor at the Class level: Mammalia. (Mammals)

Conservation Status

Asiatic Short-tailed Shrew

NT — Near Threatened

Simons’s Mouse Opossum

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Asiatic Short-tailed Shrew	Simons’s Mouse Opossum
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Asiatic Short-tailed Shrew

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Simons’s Mouse Opossum

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Found in Ecuador.

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.