Eastern Cordillera Small-footed Shrew vs flax dodder

Cryptotis brachyonyx compared with Cuscuta epilinum

Key Differences

• Eastern Cordillera Small-footed Shrew is Data Deficient while flax dodder is Extinct.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Eastern Cordillera Small-footed Shrew	flax dodder
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)	Solanales (Solanales)
Family	Soricidae	Convolvulaceae
Genus	Cryptotis	Cuscuta
Species	Cryptotis brachyonyx	Cuscuta epilinum

Conservation Status

Eastern Cordillera Small-footed Shrew

DD — Data Deficient

flax dodder

EX — Extinct

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Eastern Cordillera Small-footed Shrew	flax dodder
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Eastern Cordillera Small-footed Shrew

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Found in Colombia.

flax dodder

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Congo (DRC)), Asia (5 countries), Europe (20 countries), North America (Canada, United States), and South America (Brazil).