Blind Small-eared Shrew vs Flowering Currant

Cryptotis niausa compared with Ribes sanguineum

Key Differences

• Blind Small-eared Shrew is Data Deficient while Flowering Currant is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Blind Small-eared Shrew	Flowering Currant
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)	Saxifragales (Saxifragales)
Family	Soricidae	Grossulariaceae
Genus	Cryptotis	Ribes
Species	Cryptotis niausa	Ribes sanguineum

Conservation Status

Blind Small-eared Shrew

DD — Data Deficient

Flowering Currant

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Blind Small-eared Shrew	Flowering Currant
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.

Flowering Currant

Habitat

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

Range

Found across Europe (13 countries) and Oceania and the Pacific (Australia, New Zealand).

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.