Blind Small-eared Shrew vs field locoweed

Cryptotis niausa compared with Oxytropis campestris

Key Differences

• Blind Small-eared Shrew is Data Deficient while field locoweed is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Blind Small-eared Shrew	field locoweed
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)	Fabales (Legumes & Allies)
Family	Soricidae	Fabaceae
Genus	Cryptotis	Oxytropis
Species	Cryptotis niausa	Oxytropis campestris

Conservation Status

Blind Small-eared Shrew

DD — Data Deficient

field locoweed

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Blind Small-eared Shrew	field locoweed
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.

field locoweed

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Norway and Sweden.

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.