Cryptotis eckerlini
Woodman, 2019
Cucurucho Broad-clawed 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
Woodman, N. 2019. Three new species of small-eared shrews, genus Cryptotis, from El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras (Mammalia: Eulipotyphla: Soricidae). Special Publications, Museum of Texas Tech University 72:1-46.
Authority publication link
https://www.depts.ttu.edu/nsrl/publications/downloads/SP72.pdfOriginal name as described
Cryptotis eckerlini
Other common names
Ralph's Broad-clawed Shrew
Type material
TTU-M136186
Type kind
holotype
Type locality
Finca El Pilar (14° 31.112' N, 90° 41.472' W), 11 km by road SE of Antigua Guatemala, Cerro Cucurucho, 2640 m, Sacatepéquez, Guatemala.
Biogeographic realm
Neotropic
Country distribution
Guatemala
Taxonomy notes
recently described
Taxonomy notes citation
Woodman, N. (2019). Three New Species of Small-eared Shrews, Genus Cryptotis, from El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras (Mammalia: Eulipotyphla: Soricidae). Special Publications of the Museum of Texas Tech University, 72, 1-46
IUCN Red List status
Not Evaluated
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