Blind Small-eared Shrew vs Greater dodder

Cryptotis niausa compared with Cuscuta europaea

Key Differences

• Blind Small-eared Shrew is Data Deficient while Greater dodder is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Blind Small-eared Shrew	Greater dodder
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)	Solanales (Solanales)
Family	Soricidae	Convolvulaceae
Genus	Cryptotis	Cuscuta
Species	Cryptotis niausa	Cuscuta europaea

Conservation Status

Blind Small-eared Shrew

DD — Data Deficient

Greater dodder

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Blind Small-eared Shrew	Greater dodder
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.

Greater dodder

Habitat

Inhabits tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests within the Indomalayan biogeographic realm.

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (Bhutan, Turkey), Europe (5 countries), and North America (United States).

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.