Asiatic Short-tailed Shrew vs Faya

Blarinella quadraticauda compared with Morella faya

Key Differences

• Asiatic Short-tailed Shrew is Near Threatened while Faya is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Asiatic Short-tailed Shrew	Faya
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (planta)
Phylum	Chordata (cordados)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (mamíferos)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)	Fagales (Beeches & Oaks)
Family	Soricidae	Myricaceae
Genus	Blarinella	Morella
Species	Blarinella quadraticauda	Morella faya

Conservation Status

Asiatic Short-tailed Shrew

NT — Near Threatened

Faya

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Asiatic Short-tailed Shrew	Faya
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Asiatic Short-tailed Shrew

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Faya

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (Indonesia), Europe (Norway, Portugal, Sweden), North America (United States), and Oceania and the Pacific (Australia).

Asiatic Short-tailed Shrew

The Asiatic Short-tailed Shrew (Blarinella quadraticauda) is a species in the genus Blarinella. It is currently classified as Near Threatened on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.