Blind Small-eared Shrew vs Mountain Waterberry

Cryptotis niausa compared with Syzygium legatii

Key Differences

• Blind Small-eared Shrew is Data Deficient while Mountain Waterberry is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Blind Small-eared Shrew	Mountain Waterberry
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)	Myrtales (Myrtales)
Family	Soricidae	Myrtaceae
Genus	Cryptotis	Syzygium
Species	Cryptotis niausa	Syzygium legatii

Conservation Status

Blind Small-eared Shrew

DD — Data Deficient

Mountain Waterberry

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Blind Small-eared Shrew	Mountain Waterberry
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.

Mountain Waterberry

Habitat

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

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.