Blind Small-eared Shrew vs prairie phlox

Cryptotis niausa compared with Phlox pilosa

Key Differences

• Blind Small-eared Shrew is Data Deficient while prairie phlox is Extinct.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Blind Small-eared Shrew	prairie phlox
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)	Ericales (Ericales)
Family	Soricidae	Polemoniaceae
Genus	Cryptotis	Phlox
Species	Cryptotis niausa	Phlox pilosa

Conservation Status

Blind Small-eared Shrew

DD — Data Deficient

prairie phlox

EX — Extinct

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Blind Small-eared Shrew	prairie phlox
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.

prairie phlox

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.