Eastern Cordillera Small-footed Shrew vs Variable flatsedge

Cryptotis brachyonyx compared with Cyperus difformis

Key Differences

• Eastern Cordillera Small-footed Shrew is Data Deficient while Variable flatsedge is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Eastern Cordillera Small-footed Shrew	Variable flatsedge
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Liliopsida (Monocots)
Order	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)	Poales (Grasses)
Family	Soricidae	Cyperaceae
Genus	Cryptotis	Cyperus
Species	Cryptotis brachyonyx	Cyperus difformis

Conservation Status

Eastern Cordillera Small-footed Shrew

DD — Data Deficient

Variable flatsedge

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Eastern Cordillera Small-footed Shrew	Variable flatsedge
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.

Variable flatsedge

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests, and tropical and subtropical coniferous forests, among 6 distinct biome types spanning the Indomalayan and Neotropic and Palearctic realms. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (9 countries), Asia (10 countries), Europe (9 countries), North America (6 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (5 countries), and South America (6 countries).

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 1 countries:

🇨🇴 Colombia