Blind Small-eared Shrew vs Dioecious Amaranth

Cryptotis niausa compared with Amaranthus palmeri

Key Differences

• Blind Small-eared Shrew is Data Deficient while Dioecious Amaranth is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Blind Small-eared Shrew	Dioecious Amaranth
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)	Caryophyllales (Caryophyllales)
Family	Soricidae	Amaranthaceae
Genus	Cryptotis	Amaranthus
Species	Cryptotis niausa	Amaranthus palmeri

Conservation Status

Blind Small-eared Shrew

DD — Data Deficient

Dioecious Amaranth

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Blind Small-eared Shrew	Dioecious Amaranth
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Blind Small-eared Shrew

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Colombia and Ecuador.

Dioecious Amaranth

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (5 countries), Europe (22 countries), and North America (Canada, Cuba).

Blind Small-eared Shrew

The Blind Small-eared Shrew (Cryptotis niausa) is a species in the genus Cryptotis. It is currently classified as Data Deficient on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.