Beach-Heath vs Burmese Short-tailed Shrew

Hudsonia tomentosa compared with Blarinella wardi

Key Differences

• Beach-Heath is Not Evaluated while Burmese Short-tailed Shrew is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Beach-Heath	Burmese Short-tailed Shrew
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Malvales (Malvales)	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)
Family	Cistaceae	Soricidae
Genus	Hudsonia	Blarinella
Species	Hudsonia tomentosa	Blarinella wardi

Conservation Status

Beach-Heath

NE — Not Evaluated

Burmese Short-tailed Shrew

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Beach-Heath	Burmese Short-tailed Shrew
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Beach-Heath

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Canada and United States.

Burmese Short-tailed Shrew

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Beach-Heath

The Beach-Heath (Hudsonia tomentosa) is a species in the genus Hudsonia. Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.

Burmese Short-tailed Shrew

The Burmese Short-tailed Shrew (Blarinella wardi) is a species in the genus Blarinella. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.