Burmese Short-tailed Shrew vs Goa-bean

Blarinella wardi compared with Psophocarpus tetragonolobus

Key Differences

• Burmese Short-tailed Shrew is Least Concern while Goa-bean is Data Deficient.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Burmese Short-tailed Shrew	Goa-bean
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	Psophocarpus
Species	Blarinella wardi	Psophocarpus tetragonolobus

Conservation Status

Burmese Short-tailed Shrew

LC — Least Concern

Goa-bean

DD — Data Deficient

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Burmese Short-tailed Shrew	Goa-bean
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Burmese Short-tailed Shrew

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Goa-bean

Habitat

Inhabits tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests and tropical and subtropical coniferous forests within the Indomalayan biogeographic realm. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Distributed across Brazil, Colombia, Philippines, and Taiwan.

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.