Agarwood vs Asiatic Short-tailed Shrew

Aquilaria malaccensis compared with Blarinella quadraticauda

Key Differences

• Agarwood is Critically Endangered while Asiatic Short-tailed Shrew is Near Threatened.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Agarwood	Asiatic Short-tailed Shrew
Kingdom	Plantae (植物)	Animalia (動物)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (被子植物門)	Chordata (脊索動物)
Class	Magnoliopsida (モクレン綱)	Mammalia (哺乳類)
Order	Malvales (アオイ目)	Soricomorpha (トガリネズミ目)
Family	Thymelaeaceae	Soricidae
Genus	Aquilaria	Blarinella
Species	Aquilaria malaccensis	Blarinella quadraticauda

Conservation Status

Agarwood

CR — Critically Endangered

Asiatic Short-tailed Shrew

NT — Near Threatened

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Agarwood

Habitat

Inhabits tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests within the Indomalayan biogeographic realm.

Range

Found in Taiwan. Currently classified as Critically Endangered on the IUCN Red List, this species faces significant conservation challenges across its range.

Asiatic Short-tailed Shrew

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Agarwood

The Agarwood (Aquilaria malaccensis) is a species in the genus Aquilaria. It is currently classified as Critically Endangered on the IUCN Red List. Inhabits tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests within the Indomalayan biogeographic realm.

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.