Blind Small-eared Shrew vs Floating Fern

Cryptotis niausa compared with Salvinia natans

Key Differences

• Blind Small-eared Shrew is Data Deficient while Floating Fern is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

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

Conservation Status

Blind Small-eared Shrew

DD — Data Deficient

Floating Fern

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Blind Small-eared Shrew	Floating Fern
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.

Floating Fern

Habitat

Typically found in moist, shaded forest floors and tropical canopies.

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (4 countries), Europe (9 countries), North America (Honduras), and Oceania and the Pacific (Australia).

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.