Cryptotis mayensis

(C. H. Merriam, 1901)

Yucatán 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

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Merriam, C.H. 1901-11-29. Seven new mammals from Mexico, including a new genus of rodents. Proceedings of the Washington Academy of Sciences 3:559-563.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8873491

Original name as described

Blarina mayensis

Other common names

Maya Small-eared Shrew · Yucatan Shrew · Yucatan Small-eared Shrew

Type material

USNM:MAMM:108087

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/365810c13-e0f4-4aa3-bc0b-78ae6d07e4b7

Type locality

"Maya ruin at Chichenitza, Yucatan", Mexico. Restricted by L. N. Carraway in 2007 to "latitude 20.67°N, longitude 88.57°W."

Biogeographic realm

Nearctic · Neotropic

Country distribution

Mexico · Guatemala · Belize

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004148

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.

Blarina mayensis

(C. H. Merriam, 1901)

Family

Soricidae

Root name

mayensis

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:108087

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/365810c13-e0f4-4aa3-bc0b-78ae6d07e4b7

Authority page

559

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8873491

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Washington Academy of Sciences

Cryptotis mayensis

Hutterer, 2005

Family

Soricidae

Root name

mayensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

  1. Hutterer (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9714)
  2. Carraway (2007:24) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/3397)
  3. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #136488) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  4. Wilson & Mittermeier (2018:430) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57916)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #136488) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004148) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  7. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/136488/22284758) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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