Blind Small-eared Shrew vs jumbie-pineapple

Cryptotis niausa compared with Tillandsia utriculata

Key Differences

• Blind Small-eared Shrew is Data Deficient while jumbie-pineapple is Near Threatened.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Blind Small-eared Shrew	jumbie-pineapple
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Liliopsida (Monocots)
Order	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)	Poales (Grasses)
Family	Soricidae	Bromeliaceae
Genus	Cryptotis	Tillandsia
Species	Cryptotis niausa	Tillandsia utriculata

Conservation Status

Blind Small-eared Shrew

DD — Data Deficient

jumbie-pineapple

NT — Near Threatened

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Blind Small-eared Shrew	jumbie-pineapple
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.

jumbie-pineapple

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests, and tropical and subtropical coniferous forests, among 5 distinct biome types within the Neotropic biogeographic realm.

Range

Distributed across Colombia and Cuba. Listed as Near Threatened, this species requires ongoing monitoring to prevent population decline.

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.

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 1 countries:

🇨🇴 Colombia