Blind Small-eared Shrew vs Marsh fleabane

Cryptotis niausa compared with Pluchea carolinensis

Key Differences

• Blind Small-eared Shrew is Data Deficient while Marsh fleabane is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Blind Small-eared Shrew	Marsh fleabane
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)	Asterales (Daisies & Sunflowers)
Family	Soricidae	Asteraceae (Daisy Family)
Genus	Cryptotis	Pluchea
Species	Cryptotis niausa	Pluchea carolinensis

Conservation Status

Blind Small-eared Shrew

DD — Data Deficient

Marsh fleabane

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Blind Small-eared Shrew	Marsh fleabane
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.

Marsh fleabane

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (Taiwan), Europe (Spain), North America (5 countries), and Oceania and the Pacific (6 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.