Blind Small-eared Shrew vs red star apple

Cryptotis niausa compared with Diospyros lycioides

Key Differences

• Blind Small-eared Shrew is Data Deficient while red star apple is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Blind Small-eared Shrew	red star apple
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)	Ericales (Ericales)
Family	Soricidae	Ebenaceae
Genus	Cryptotis	Diospyros
Species	Cryptotis niausa	Diospyros lycioides

Conservation Status

Blind Small-eared Shrew

DD — Data Deficient

red star apple

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Blind Small-eared Shrew	red star apple
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.

red star apple

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.