Blind Small-eared Shrew vs Narrow-leafed Ash

Cryptotis niausa compared with Fraxinus angustifolia

Key Differences

• Blind Small-eared Shrew is Data Deficient while Narrow-leafed Ash is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Blind Small-eared Shrew	Narrow-leafed Ash
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)	Lamiales (Lamiales)
Family	Soricidae	Oleaceae
Genus	Cryptotis	Fraxinus
Species	Cryptotis niausa	Fraxinus angustifolia

Conservation Status

Blind Small-eared Shrew

DD — Data Deficient

Narrow-leafed Ash

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Blind Small-eared Shrew	Narrow-leafed Ash
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.

Narrow-leafed Ash

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (South Africa), Asia (Cyprus), Europe (6 countries), and Oceania and the Pacific (Australia).

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.