Asiatic Short-tailed Shrew vs Trailing indigo

Blarinella quadraticauda compared with Indigofera hendecaphylla

Key Differences

• Asiatic Short-tailed Shrew is Near Threatened while Trailing indigo is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Asiatic Short-tailed Shrew	Trailing indigo
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)	Fabales (Legumes & Allies)
Family	Soricidae	Fabaceae
Genus	Blarinella	Indigofera
Species	Blarinella quadraticauda	Indigofera hendecaphylla

Conservation Status

Asiatic Short-tailed Shrew

NT — Near Threatened

Trailing indigo

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Asiatic Short-tailed Shrew

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Trailing indigo

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Colombia, Comoros, Madagascar, Taiwan, and United States.

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.