''Blarinella'' is a small

genus Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial n ...

shrew Shrews (family Soricidae) are small mole-like mammals classified in the order Eulipotyphla. True shrews are not to be confused with treeshrews, otter shrews, elephant shrews, West Indies shrews, or marsupial shrews, which belong to diffe ...

s in the subfamily

Soricinae The red-toothed shrews of the subfamily Soricinae are one of three living subfamilies of shrews, along with Crocidurinae (white-toothed shrews) and Myosoricinae (African white-toothed shrews). In addition, the family contains the extinct subfam ...

of the family Soricidae. It contains the following three species: *

Indochinese short-tailed shrew The Indochinese short-tailed shrew (''Blarinella griselda'') is a species of mammal of the family Soricidae found in China and Vietnam. The species is a semifossorial red-toothed shrew with a stout body and short, slender tail. ''Blarinella'' ...

(''Blarinella griselda'') *

Asiatic short-tailed shrew The Asiatic short-tailed shrew (''Blarinella quadraticauda'') is one of three species of shrew in the genus ''Blarinella''. It is in the family Soricidae and is endemic Endemism is the state of a species being found in a single defined geo ...

(''Blarinella quadraticauda'') *

Burmese short-tailed shrew The Burmese short-tailed shrew (''Blarinella wardi'') is one of three species of shrew in the genus ''Blarinella''. It is in the family Soricidae and is found in China and Myanmar Myanmar, ; UK pronunciations: US pronunciations incl. ...

(''Blarinella wardi'')

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