Cryptotis dinirensis
Quiroga-Carmona & DoNascimiento, 2016
Dinira 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 DoNascimiento, C. 2016-09. A new species of small-eared shrew of the genus Cryptotis Pomel, 1848 (Mammalia, Eulipotyphla, Soricidae) from the easternmost mountains of the Venezuelan Andes. Mammalian Biology 81(5):494-505.
Authority publication link
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mambio.2016.04.002Original name as described
Cryptotis dinirensis
Other common names
Dinira Shrew
Type material
EBRG 24723
Type kind
holotype
Type locality
"Las Antenas sector of the Parque Nacional Dinira, along Carache-La Peña road, Trujillo State, Venezuela, 9°41'N, 70°04'W, elevation 2550 m."
Biogeographic realm
Neotropic
Country distribution
Venezuela
Taxonomy notes
recently described
Taxonomy notes citation
Quiroga-Carmona, M., & DoNascimiento, C. (2016). A new species of small-eared shrew of the genus Cryptotis Pomel, 1848 (Mammalia, Eulipotyphla, Soricidae) from the easternmost mountains of the Venezuelan Andes. Mammalian Biology-Zeitschrift für Säugetierkunde, 81(5), 494-505.
IUCN Red List status
Not Evaluated
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