Asiatic Short-tailed Shrew vs stink aster

Blarinella quadraticauda compared with Dittrichia graveolens

Key Differences

• Asiatic Short-tailed Shrew is Near Threatened while stink aster is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Asiatic Short-tailed Shrew	stink aster
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)	Asterales (Daisies & Sunflowers)
Family	Soricidae	Asteraceae (Daisy Family)
Genus	Blarinella	Dittrichia
Species	Blarinella quadraticauda	Dittrichia graveolens

Conservation Status

Asiatic Short-tailed Shrew

NT — Near Threatened

stink aster

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Asiatic Short-tailed Shrew

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

stink aster

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (South Africa), Europe (14 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.