The Burmese short-tailed shrew (''Blarinella wardi'') is one of three species of

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 ...

in the

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''Blarinella''. It is in the family Soricidae and is found in China and

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. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry forests.

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Blarinella Mammals described in 1915 Taxa named by Oldfield Thomas Taxonomy articles created by Polbot {{redtoothed-shrew-stub