Ecuadorean Small-eared Shrew vs Greater dodder

Cryptotis equatoris compared with Cuscuta europaea

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Ecuadorean Small-eared Shrew	Greater 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 equatoris	Cuscuta europaea

Conservation Status

Ecuadorean Small-eared Shrew

LC — Least Concern

Greater dodder

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Ecuadorean Small-eared Shrew	Greater dodder
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Ecuadorean Small-eared Shrew

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Colombia and Ecuador.

Greater dodder

Habitat

Inhabits tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests within the Indomalayan biogeographic realm.

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (Bhutan, Turkey), Europe (5 countries), and North America (United States).