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.

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 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

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