Blind Small-eared Shrew vs Trailing St. Johnswort

Cryptotis niausa compared with Hypericum humifusum

Key Differences

• Blind Small-eared Shrew is Data Deficient while Trailing St. Johnswort is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Blind Small-eared Shrew	Trailing St. Johnswort
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)	Malpighiales (Malpighiales)
Family	Soricidae	Hypericaceae
Genus	Cryptotis	Hypericum
Species	Cryptotis niausa	Hypericum humifusum

Conservation Status

Blind Small-eared Shrew

DD — Data Deficient

Trailing St. Johnswort

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Blind Small-eared Shrew	Trailing St. Johnswort
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.

Trailing St. Johnswort

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Europe (6 countries), North America (United States), and Oceania and the Pacific (Australia).

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.