Ecuadorean Small-eared Shrew vs Marsh fleabane

Cryptotis equatoris compared with Pluchea carolinensis

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Ecuadorean Small-eared Shrew	Marsh fleabane
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)	Asterales (Daisies & Sunflowers)
Family	Soricidae	Asteraceae (Daisy Family)
Genus	Cryptotis	Pluchea
Species	Cryptotis equatoris	Pluchea carolinensis

Conservation Status

Ecuadorean Small-eared Shrew

LC — Least Concern

Marsh fleabane

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Ecuadorean Small-eared Shrew	Marsh fleabane
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.

Marsh fleabane

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (Taiwan), Europe (Spain), North America (5 countries), and Oceania and the Pacific (6 countries).