Asiatic Short-tailed Shrew vs toothcup

Blarinella quadraticauda compared with Ammannia latifolia

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Asiatic Short-tailed Shrew	toothcup
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)	Myrtales (Myrtales)
Family	Soricidae	Lythraceae
Genus	Blarinella	Ammannia
Species	Blarinella quadraticauda	Ammannia latifolia

Conservation Status

Asiatic Short-tailed Shrew

NT — Near Threatened

toothcup

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Asiatic Short-tailed Shrew

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

toothcup

Habitat

Inhabits montane grasslands and shrublands and Mediterranean forests and woodlands within the Palearctic biogeographic realm.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Morocco), North America (Cuba), and South America (4 countries).

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.