Blind Small-eared Shrew vs Pencil Cedar

Cryptotis niausa compared with Polyscias murrayi

Key Differences

• Blind Small-eared Shrew is Data Deficient while Pencil Cedar is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Blind Small-eared Shrew	Pencil Cedar
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)	Apiales (Apiales)
Family	Soricidae	Araliaceae
Genus	Cryptotis	Polyscias
Species	Cryptotis niausa	Polyscias murrayi

Conservation Status

Blind Small-eared Shrew

DD — Data Deficient

Pencil Cedar

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Blind Small-eared Shrew	Pencil Cedar
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.

Pencil Cedar

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.