Asiatic Short-tailed Shrew vs Yellow Dodder

Blarinella quadraticauda compared with Cuscuta campestris

Key Differences

• Asiatic Short-tailed Shrew is Near Threatened while Yellow Dodder is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Asiatic Short-tailed Shrew	Yellow Dodder
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)	Solanales (Solanales)
Family	Soricidae	Convolvulaceae
Genus	Blarinella	Cuscuta
Species	Blarinella quadraticauda	Cuscuta campestris

Conservation Status

Asiatic Short-tailed Shrew

NT — Near Threatened

Yellow Dodder

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Asiatic Short-tailed Shrew

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Yellow Dodder

Habitat

Inhabits montane grasslands and shrublands and deserts and xeric shrublands within the Palearctic biogeographic realm. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (22 countries), Asia (22 countries), Europe (33 countries), North America (Canada), Oceania and the Pacific (Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Samoa), and South America (Argentina, Brazil, Chile).

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.