Ecuadorean Small-eared Shrew vs jumbie-pineapple

Cryptotis equatoris compared with Tillandsia utriculata

Key Differences

Ecuadorean Small-eared Shrew is Least Concern while jumbie-pineapple is Near Threatened.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Ecuadorean Small-eared Shrew	jumbie-pineapple
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Liliopsida (Monocots)
Order	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)	Poales (Grasses)
Family	Soricidae	Bromeliaceae
Genus	Cryptotis	Tillandsia
Species	Cryptotis equatoris	Tillandsia utriculata

Conservation Status

Ecuadorean Small-eared Shrew

LC — Least Concern

jumbie-pineapple

NT — Near Threatened

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Ecuadorean Small-eared Shrew	jumbie-pineapple
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.

jumbie-pineapple

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 5 distinct biome types within the Neotropic biogeographic realm.

Range

Distributed across Colombia and Cuba. Listed as Near Threatened, this species requires ongoing monitoring to prevent population decline.