Burmese Short-tailed Shrew vs River False Buttonweed

Blarinella wardi compared with Spermacoce tenuior

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Burmese Short-tailed Shrew	River False Buttonweed
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)	Gentianales (Gentianales)
Family	Soricidae	Rubiaceae
Genus	Blarinella	Spermacoce
Species	Blarinella wardi	Spermacoce tenuior

Conservation Status

Burmese Short-tailed Shrew

LC — Least Concern

River False Buttonweed

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Burmese Short-tailed Shrew	River False Buttonweed
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Burmese Short-tailed Shrew

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

River False Buttonweed

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Colombia, Cuba, and Madagascar.

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.