Ecuadorean Small-eared Shrew vs Prickly moses

Cryptotis equatoris compared with Acacia verticillata

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Ecuadorean Small-eared Shrew	Prickly moses
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)	Fabales (Legumes & Allies)
Family	Soricidae	Fabaceae
Genus	Cryptotis	Acacia
Species	Cryptotis equatoris	Acacia verticillata

Conservation Status

Ecuadorean Small-eared Shrew

LC — Least Concern

Prickly moses

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Ecuadorean Small-eared Shrew	Prickly moses
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.

Prickly moses

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (India), Europe (Portugal, Spain), North America (United States), Oceania and the Pacific (New Zealand), and South America (Colombia).