Asiatic Short-tailed Shrew vs Wire With

Blarinella quadraticauda compared with Desmodium axillare

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Asiatic Short-tailed Shrew	Wire With
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	Desmodium
Species	Blarinella quadraticauda	Desmodium axillare

Conservation Status

Asiatic Short-tailed Shrew

NT — Near Threatened

Wire With

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Asiatic Short-tailed Shrew

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Wire With

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Brazil and Colombia.

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.