Blind Small-eared Shrew vs Pine Jelly

Cryptotis niausa compared with Exidia saccharina

Key Differences

• Blind Small-eared Shrew is Data Deficient while Pine Jelly is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Blind Small-eared Shrew	Pine Jelly
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Fungi (Fungi)
Phylum	Chordata (cordados)	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)
Class	Mammalia (mamíferos)	Agaricomycetes (Mushrooms)
Order	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)	Auriculariales (Auriculariales)
Family	Soricidae	Auriculariaceae
Genus	Cryptotis	Exidia
Species	Cryptotis niausa	Exidia saccharina

Conservation Status

Blind Small-eared Shrew

DD — Data Deficient

Pine Jelly

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Blind Small-eared Shrew	Pine Jelly
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Blind Small-eared Shrew

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Colombia and Ecuador.

Pine Jelly

Habitat

Typically found in forest floors, decomposing wood, and soil ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Belgium, Denmark, Norway, and Sweden.

Blind Small-eared Shrew

The Blind Small-eared Shrew (Cryptotis niausa) is a species in the genus Cryptotis. It is currently classified as Data Deficient on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.