Medellín Small-eared Shrew vs Monkey Apple

Cryptotis medellinia compared with Annona glabra

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Medellín Small-eared Shrew	Monkey Apple
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)	Magnoliales (Magnoliales)
Family	Soricidae	Annonaceae
Genus	Cryptotis	Annona
Species	Cryptotis medellinia	Annona glabra

Conservation Status

Medellín Small-eared Shrew

LC — Least Concern

Monkey Apple

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Medellín Small-eared Shrew	Monkey Apple
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Medellín Small-eared Shrew

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Found in Colombia.

Monkey Apple

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests, and deserts and xeric shrublands spanning the Australasia and Indomalayan realms. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Guinea, Seychelles), Asia (6 countries), North America (Cuba, Guatemala, Honduras), Oceania and the Pacific (6 countries), and South America (Brazil, Colombia).