Asiatic Short-tailed Shrew vs Guyenne Spiny-rat

Blarinella quadraticauda compared with Proechimys guyannensis

Key Differences

• Asiatic Short-tailed Shrew is Near Threatened while Guyenne Spiny-rat is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Asiatic Short-tailed Shrew	Guyenne Spiny-rat
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum same	Chordata (cordados)	Chordata (cordados)
Class same	Mammalia (mamíferos)	Mammalia (mamíferos)
Order	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)	Rodentia (Roedores)
Family	Soricidae	Echimyidae
Genus	Blarinella	Proechimys
Species	Blarinella quadraticauda	Proechimys guyannensis

Evolutionary Relationship

Asiatic Short-tailed Shrew and Guyenne Spiny-rat share a common ancestor at the Class level: Mammalia. (mamíferos)

Conservation Status

Asiatic Short-tailed Shrew

NT — Near Threatened

Guyenne Spiny-rat

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Asiatic Short-tailed Shrew	Guyenne Spiny-rat
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Asiatic Short-tailed Shrew

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Guyenne Spiny-rat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Found in Venezuela.

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.