Blind Small-eared Shrew vs Prickly Coontail

Cryptotis niausa compared with Ceratophyllum echinatum

Key Differences

• Blind Small-eared Shrew is Data Deficient while Prickly Coontail is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Blind Small-eared Shrew	Prickly Coontail
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)	Ceratophyllales (Ceratophyllales)
Family	Soricidae	Ceratophyllaceae
Genus	Cryptotis	Ceratophyllum
Species	Cryptotis niausa	Ceratophyllum echinatum

Conservation Status

Blind Small-eared Shrew

DD — Data Deficient

Prickly Coontail

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Blind Small-eared Shrew	Prickly Coontail
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.

Prickly Coontail

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Canada and United States.

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.