Cryptotis griseoventris

H. H. T. Jackson, 1933

Dark Mexican 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

Jackson, H.H.T. 1933-04-27. Five new shrews of the genus Cryptotis from Mexico and Guatemala. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 46:79-81.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34560810

Original name as described

Cryptotis griseoventris

Other common names

Dark Mexican Shrew

Type material

USNM:MAMM:75894

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/33be41453-58af-4297-9e6e-3ef20c2ec4f2

Type locality

"San Cristobal [= San Cristóbal de las Casas], altitude 9500 feet [= 2896 m], State of Chiapas, Mexico."

Biogeographic realm

Nearctic · Neotropic

Country distribution

Mexico

IUCN Red List status

Endangered

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004140

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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 griseoventris

H. H. T. Jackson, 1933

Family

Soricidae

Root name

griseoventris

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:75894

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/33be41453-58af-4297-9e6e-3ef20c2ec4f2

Authority page

80

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34560810

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington

Name usages

  1. Hutterer (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9714)
  2. Carraway (2007:22) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/3397)
  3. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #136614) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  4. Wilson & Mittermeier (2018:435) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57916)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #136614) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004140) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  7. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/48269619/123794519) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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