Blind Small-eared Shrew vs Indian Sundew

Cryptotis niausa compared with Drosera indica

Key Differences

• Blind Small-eared Shrew is Data Deficient while Indian Sundew is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Blind Small-eared Shrew	Indian Sundew
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)	Caryophyllales (Caryophyllales)
Family	Soricidae	Droseraceae
Genus	Cryptotis	Drosera
Species	Cryptotis niausa	Drosera indica

Conservation Status

Blind Small-eared Shrew

DD — Data Deficient

Indian Sundew

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Blind Small-eared Shrew	Indian Sundew
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.

Indian Sundew

Habitat

Inhabits flooded grasslands and savannas and deserts and xeric shrublands within the Afrotropic biogeographic realm.

Range

Distributed across Guinea, Namibia, and Taiwan.

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.