Blind Small-eared Shrew vs Panicled Spot Flower

Cryptotis niausa compared with Acmella paniculata

Key Differences

Blind Small-eared Shrew is Data Deficient while Panicled Spot Flower is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Blind Small-eared Shrew	Panicled Spot Flower
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	Acmella
Species	Cryptotis niausa	Acmella paniculata

Conservation Status

Blind Small-eared Shrew

DD — Data Deficient

Panicled Spot Flower

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Blind Small-eared Shrew	Panicled Spot Flower
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.

Panicled Spot Flower

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Madagascar), Asia (Japan, Taiwan), and South America (Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador).

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.