Asiatic Short-tailed Shrew vs Gray’s Sportive Lemur

Blarinella quadraticauda compared with Lepilemur dorsalis

Key Differences

• Asiatic Short-tailed Shrew is Near Threatened while Gray’s Sportive Lemur is Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Asiatic Short-tailed Shrew	Gray’s Sportive Lemur
Kingdom same	Animalia (животные)	Animalia (животные)
Phylum same	Chordata (хордовые)	Chordata (хордовые)
Class same	Mammalia (млекопитающие)	Mammalia (млекопитающие)
Order	Soricomorpha (землеройкообразные)	Primates (приматы)
Family	Soricidae	Lepilemuridae
Genus	Blarinella	Lepilemur
Species	Blarinella quadraticauda	Lepilemur dorsalis

Evolutionary Relationship

Asiatic Short-tailed Shrew and Gray’s Sportive Lemur share a common ancestor at the Class level: Mammalia. (млекопитающие)

Conservation Status

Asiatic Short-tailed Shrew

NT — Near Threatened

Gray’s Sportive Lemur

EN — Endangered

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Asiatic Short-tailed Shrew	Gray’s Sportive Lemur
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Asiatic Short-tailed Shrew

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Gray’s Sportive Lemur

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.