Blind Small-eared Shrew vs Dwarf Water Clover

Cryptotis niausa compared with Marsilea minuta

Key Differences

  • Blind Small-eared Shrew is Data Deficient while Dwarf Water Clover is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank Blind Small-eared Shrew Dwarf Water Clover
Kingdom Animalia (Animals) Plantae (Plants)
Phylum Chordata (Chordates) Tracheophyta
Class Mammalia (Mammals) Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)
Order Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha) Salviniales (Salviniales)
Family Soricidae Marsileaceae
Genus Cryptotis Marsilea
Species Cryptotis niausa Marsilea minuta

Conservation Status

Blind Small-eared Shrew

DD — Data Deficient

Dwarf Water Clover

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute Blind Small-eared Shrew Dwarf Water Clover
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.

Dwarf Water Clover

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests, and mangrove forests and coastal wetlands, among 4 distinct biome types spanning the Indomalayan and Palearctic realms.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Algeria, Comoros), Asia (Bhutan, Taiwan, Vietnam), North America (United States), and South America (Brazil).

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.

Dwarf Water Clover

No description available.

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