Burmese Short-tailed Shrew vs Thatching grass

Blarinella wardi compared with Hyparrhenia hirta

Key Differences

• Burmese Short-tailed Shrew is Least Concern while Thatching grass is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Burmese Short-tailed Shrew	Thatching grass
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Liliopsida (Monocots)
Order	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)	Poales (Grasses)
Family	Soricidae	Poaceae (Grass Family)
Genus	Blarinella	Hyparrhenia
Species	Blarinella wardi	Hyparrhenia hirta

Conservation Status

Burmese Short-tailed Shrew

LC — Least Concern

Thatching grass

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Burmese Short-tailed Shrew	Thatching grass
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Burmese Short-tailed Shrew

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Thatching grass

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Guinea), Asia (Taiwan), Europe (Czech Republic, Portugal, Spain), North America (Mexico, United States), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia), and South America (Brazil).

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.