Blind Small-eared Shrew vs long yam

Cryptotis niausa compared with Dioscorea transversa

Key Differences

• Blind Small-eared Shrew is Data Deficient while long yam is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Blind Small-eared Shrew	long yam
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Liliopsida (Monocots)
Order	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)	Dioscoreales (Dioscoreales)
Family	Soricidae	Dioscoreaceae
Genus	Cryptotis	Dioscorea
Species	Cryptotis niausa	Dioscorea transversa

Conservation Status

Blind Small-eared Shrew

DD — Data Deficient

long yam

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Blind Small-eared Shrew	long yam
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.

long yam

Habitat

Typically found in grasslands, wetlands, forests, and cultivated landscapes.

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.