Asiatic Short-tailed Shrew vs Black Bent

Blarinella quadraticauda compared with Agrostis gigantea

Key Differences

• Asiatic Short-tailed Shrew is Near Threatened while Black Bent is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Asiatic Short-tailed Shrew	Black Bent
Kingdom	Animalia (животные)	Plantae (растения)
Phylum	Chordata (хордовые)	Magnoliophyta (магнолиофиты)
Class	Mammalia (млекопитающие)	Liliopsida (лилиопсиды)
Order	Soricomorpha (землеройкообразные)	Poales (злакоцветные)
Family	Soricidae	Poaceae (Grass Family)
Genus	Blarinella	Agrostis
Species	Blarinella quadraticauda	Agrostis gigantea

Conservation Status

Asiatic Short-tailed Shrew

NT — Near Threatened

Black Bent

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Asiatic Short-tailed Shrew

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Black Bent

Habitat

Inhabits tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests within the Neotropic biogeographic realm. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (South Africa), Asia (Japan), Europe (11 countries), North America (4 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia), and South America (5 countries).

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.

Black Bent

The Black Bent (Agrostis gigantea) is a species in the genus Agrostis. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Inhabits tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests within the Neotropic biogeographic realm. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.