Ecuadorean Small-eared Shrew vs Vegetable fern

Cryptotis equatoris compared with Diplazium esculentum

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Ecuadorean Small-eared Shrew	Vegetable fern
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Tracheophyta
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)
Order	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)	Polypodiales (Polypodiales)
Family	Soricidae	Athyriaceae
Genus	Cryptotis	Diplazium
Species	Cryptotis equatoris	Diplazium esculentum

Conservation Status

Ecuadorean Small-eared Shrew

LC — Least Concern

Vegetable fern

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Ecuadorean Small-eared Shrew	Vegetable fern
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.

Vegetable fern

Habitat

Typically found in moist, shaded forest floors and tropical canopies.

Range

Distributed across Australia, Portugal, South Africa, and United States.