Blind Small-eared Shrew vs Indehiscent Pigweed

Cryptotis niausa compared with Amaranthus standleyanus

Key Differences

• Blind Small-eared Shrew is Data Deficient while Indehiscent Pigweed is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Blind Small-eared Shrew	Indehiscent Pigweed
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)	Caryophyllales (Caryophyllales)
Family	Soricidae	Amaranthaceae
Genus	Cryptotis	Amaranthus
Species	Cryptotis niausa	Amaranthus standleyanus

Conservation Status

Blind Small-eared Shrew

DD — Data Deficient

Indehiscent Pigweed

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Blind Small-eared Shrew	Indehiscent Pigweed
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.

Indehiscent Pigweed

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Morocco, South Africa), Asia (China), and Europe (14 countries).

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.