Blind Small-eared Shrew vs Ferny Azolla

Cryptotis niausa compared with Azolla pinnata

Key Differences

• Blind Small-eared Shrew is Data Deficient while Ferny Azolla is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Blind Small-eared Shrew	Ferny Azolla
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Tracheophyta
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)
Order	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)	Salviniales (Salviniales)
Family	Soricidae	Salviniaceae
Genus	Cryptotis	Azolla
Species	Cryptotis niausa	Azolla pinnata

Conservation Status

Blind Small-eared Shrew

DD — Data Deficient

Ferny Azolla

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Blind Small-eared Shrew	Ferny Azolla
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.

Ferny Azolla

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including deserts and xeric shrublands, tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, and flooded grasslands and savannas spanning the Palearctic and Oceanian realms.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (4 countries), Asia (Indonesia, Singapore, Taiwan), North America (Mexico, United States), and Oceania and the Pacific (Marshall Islands, New Zealand, Tuvalu).

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.