Medellín Small-eared Shrew vs Tickclover

Cryptotis medellinia compared with Desmodium incanum

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Medellín Small-eared Shrew	Tickclover
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	Desmodium
Species	Cryptotis medellinia	Desmodium incanum

Conservation Status

Medellín Small-eared Shrew

LC — Least Concern

Tickclover

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Medellín Small-eared Shrew	Tickclover
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.

Tickclover

Habitat

Inhabits flooded grasslands and savannas within the Afrotropic biogeographic realm.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (10 countries), Asia (Japan), North America (4 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (12 countries), and South America (Brazil, Colombia).