Eastern Cordillera Small-footed Shrew vs Yellow Dodder

Cryptotis brachyonyx compared with Cuscuta campestris

Key Differences

• Eastern Cordillera Small-footed Shrew is Data Deficient while Yellow Dodder is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Eastern Cordillera Small-footed Shrew	Yellow 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 campestris

Conservation Status

Eastern Cordillera Small-footed Shrew

DD — Data Deficient

Yellow Dodder

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Eastern Cordillera Small-footed Shrew	Yellow 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.

Yellow Dodder

Habitat

Inhabits montane grasslands and shrublands and deserts and xeric shrublands within the Palearctic biogeographic realm. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (22 countries), Asia (22 countries), Europe (33 countries), North America (Canada), Oceania and the Pacific (Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Samoa), and South America (Argentina, Brazil, Chile).