Blind Small-eared Shrew vs Rough-Fruit Amaranth

Cryptotis niausa compared with Amaranthus tuberculatus

Key Differences

• Blind Small-eared Shrew is Data Deficient while Rough-Fruit Amaranth is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Blind Small-eared Shrew	Rough-Fruit Amaranth
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)	Caryophyllales (Caryophyllales)
Family	Soricidae	Amaranthaceae
Genus	Cryptotis	Amaranthus
Species	Cryptotis niausa	Amaranthus tuberculatus

Conservation Status

Blind Small-eared Shrew

DD — Data Deficient

Rough-Fruit Amaranth

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Blind Small-eared Shrew	Rough-Fruit Amaranth
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.

Rough-Fruit Amaranth

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (4 countries), Europe (10 countries), and North America (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.