Cryptotis gracilis

G. S. Miller, 1911

Talamancan 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

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Miller, G.S., Jr. 1911-10-31. Three new shrews of the genus Cryptotis. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 24:221-223.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3779562

Original name as described

Cryptotis gracilis

Other common names

Talamancan Small-eared Shrew

Type material

USNM:MAMM:12236 (= USNM:MAMM:A38471)

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/32c608b7c-7aef-4eba-ade0-cfbe1842281f

Type locality

"head of Lari River, near base of Pico Blanco, Talamanca, Costa Rica. Altitude about 6,000 feet [= 1829 m]."

Biogeographic realm

Neotropic

Country distribution

Costa Rica · Panama

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004139

Country distribution map

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Names and synonyms

Present and past (if available) associated names to the species. Click on a name to view its details. If the list is long, scroll down to see more.

Cryptotis jacksoni

G. G. Goodwin, 1944

Family

Soricidae

Root name

jacksoni

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:116649

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3d799aef8-f01e-47b8-beb6-478b31e84914

Authority page

1

Authority publication

American Museum Novitates

Name usages

  1. Goodwin (1946:289) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/15800)
  2. Hutterer (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9714)

Cryptotis gracilis

G. S. Miller, 1911

Family

Soricidae

Root name

gracilis

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:12236 (= USNM:MAMM:A38471)

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/32c608b7c-7aef-4eba-ade0-cfbe1842281f

Authority page

221

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3779562

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington

Name usages

  1. Goodwin (1946:289) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/15800)
  2. Corbet & Hill (1980:27) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  3. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:85) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  4. Hutterer (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9714)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #5764) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  6. Wilson & Mittermeier (2018:434) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57916)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #5764) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  8. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004139) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  9. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/5764/22285369) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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