Burmese Short-tailed Shrew vs Raphia Palm

Blarinella wardi compared with Raphia farinifera

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Burmese Short-tailed Shrew	Raphia Palm
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Liliopsida (Monocots)
Order	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)	Arecales (Arecales)
Family	Soricidae	Arecaceae
Genus	Blarinella	Raphia
Species	Blarinella wardi	Raphia farinifera

Conservation Status

Burmese Short-tailed Shrew

LC — Least Concern

Raphia Palm

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Burmese Short-tailed Shrew	Raphia Palm
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Burmese Short-tailed Shrew

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Raphia Palm

Habitat

Typically found in grasslands, wetlands, forests, and cultivated landscapes.

Range

Distributed across Brazil, Cameroon, Comoros, Madagascar, and Seychelles.

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.