Asiatic Short-tailed Shrew vs Hairy Fruit-eating Bat

Blarinella quadraticauda compared with Artibeus hirsutus

Key Differences

• Asiatic Short-tailed Shrew is Near Threatened while Hairy Fruit-eating Bat is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Asiatic Short-tailed Shrew	Hairy Fruit-eating Bat
Kingdom same	Animalia (animal)	Animalia (animal)
Phylum same	Chordata (Chordates)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class same	Mammalia (mammifères)	Mammalia (mammifères)
Order	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)	Chiroptera (Bats)
Family	Soricidae	Phyllostomidae
Genus	Blarinella	Artibeus
Species	Blarinella quadraticauda	Artibeus hirsutus

Evolutionary Relationship

Asiatic Short-tailed Shrew and Hairy Fruit-eating Bat share a common ancestor at the Class level: Mammalia. (mammifères)

Conservation Status

Asiatic Short-tailed Shrew

NT — Near Threatened

Hairy Fruit-eating Bat

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Asiatic Short-tailed Shrew	Hairy Fruit-eating Bat
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Asiatic Short-tailed Shrew

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Hairy Fruit-eating Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

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.