Cryptotis aroensis
Quiroga-Carmona & Molinari, 2012
Aroa Small-eared Shrew
Taxonomy
| Subclass | : Theria |
| Infraclass | : Placentalia |
| Magnorder | : Boreoeutheria |
| Superorder | : Laurasiatheria |
| Order | : Eulipotyphla |
| Suborder | : Erinaceota |
| Family | : Soricidae |
| Subfamily | : Soricinae |
| Tribe | : Blarinini |
| Genus | : Cryptotis |
Species status
Authority citation
Quiroga-Carmona, M. and Molinari, J. 2012-08-28. Description of a new shrew of the genus Cryptotis (Mammalia: Soricomorpha: Soricidae) from the Sierra de Aroa, an isolated mountain range in northwestern Venezuela, with remarks on biogeography and conservation. Zootaxa 3441(1):1-20.
Authority publication link
https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3441.1.1Original name as described
Cryptotis aroensis
Other common names
Sierra de Aroa Shrew
Type material
CVULA I-8548
Type kind
holotype
Type locality
"Las Cumaraguas Sector, Sierra de Aroa, Municipio Cocorote, Estado Yaracuy, Venezuela (10°22'02.6''N, 68°49'20.4'W), elevation 1730 m."
Biogeographic realm
Neotropic
Country distribution
Venezuela
Taxonomy notes
recently described
Taxonomy notes citation
Quiroga-Carmona, M., & Molinari, J. (2012). Description of a new shrew of the genus Cryptotis (Mammalia: Soricomorpha: Soricidae) from the Sierra de Aroa, an isolated mountain range in northwestern Venezuela, with remarks on biogeography and conservation. Zootaxa, 3441(1), 1-20.
IUCN Red List status
Endangered
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