Blind Small-eared Shrew vs Katung Fa

Cryptotis niausa compared with Alstonia macrophylla

Key Differences

• Blind Small-eared Shrew is Data Deficient while Katung Fa is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Blind Small-eared Shrew	Katung Fa
Kingdom	Animalia (สัตว์)	Plantae (พืช)
Phylum	Chordata (สัตว์มีแกนสันหลัง)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (สัตว์เลี้ยงลูกด้วยน้ำนม)	Magnoliopsida (พืชใบเลี้ยงคู่)
Order	Soricomorpha (อันดับตุ่น)	Gentianales (อันดับดอกหรีดเขา)
Family	Soricidae	Apocynaceae
Genus	Cryptotis	Alstonia
Species	Cryptotis niausa	Alstonia macrophylla

Conservation Status

Blind Small-eared Shrew

DD — Data Deficient

Katung Fa

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Blind Small-eared Shrew	Katung Fa
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.

Katung Fa

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Congo (DRC), Seychelles, Sri Lanka, and United States.

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.