Asiatic Short-tailed Shrew vs Stinking iris

Blarinella quadraticauda compared with Iris foetidissima

Key Differences

• Asiatic Short-tailed Shrew is Near Threatened while Stinking iris is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Asiatic Short-tailed Shrew	Stinking iris
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Insecta (Insects)
Order	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)	Mantodea (Mantodea)
Family	Soricidae	Eremiaphilidae
Genus	Blarinella	Iris
Species	Blarinella quadraticauda	Iris foetidissima

Evolutionary Relationship

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

Conservation Status

Asiatic Short-tailed Shrew

NT — Near Threatened

Stinking iris

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Asiatic Short-tailed Shrew

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Stinking iris

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Widely distributed across Europe (8 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.