Blind Small-eared Shrew vs Sweetscented marigold

Cryptotis niausa compared with Tagetes lucida

Key Differences

• Blind Small-eared Shrew is Data Deficient while Sweetscented marigold is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Blind Small-eared Shrew	Sweetscented marigold
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)	Asterales (Daisies & Sunflowers)
Family	Soricidae	Asteraceae (Daisy Family)
Genus	Cryptotis	Tagetes
Species	Cryptotis niausa	Tagetes lucida

Conservation Status

Blind Small-eared Shrew

DD — Data Deficient

Sweetscented marigold

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Blind Small-eared Shrew	Sweetscented marigold
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.

Sweetscented marigold

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Congo (DRC), India, 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.