Blind Small-eared Shrew vs Silky Thorn

Cryptotis niausa compared with Vachellia rehmanniana

Key Differences

• Blind Small-eared Shrew is Data Deficient while Silky Thorn is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Blind Small-eared Shrew	Silky Thorn
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)	Fabales (Legumes & Allies)
Family	Soricidae	Fabaceae
Genus	Cryptotis	Vachellia
Species	Cryptotis niausa	Vachellia rehmanniana

Conservation Status

Blind Small-eared Shrew

DD — Data Deficient

Silky Thorn

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Blind Small-eared Shrew	Silky Thorn
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.

Silky Thorn

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.