Blind Small-eared Shrew vs winged prickly-ash

Cryptotis niausa compared with Zanthoxylum armatum

Key Differences

• Blind Small-eared Shrew is Data Deficient while winged prickly-ash is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Blind Small-eared Shrew	winged prickly-ash
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)	Sapindales (Sapindales)
Family	Soricidae	Rutaceae
Genus	Cryptotis	Zanthoxylum
Species	Cryptotis niausa	Zanthoxylum armatum

Conservation Status

Blind Small-eared Shrew

DD — Data Deficient

winged prickly-ash

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Blind Small-eared Shrew	winged prickly-ash
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.

winged prickly-ash

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Italy and Taiwan.

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.