Cryptotis merriami
Choate, 1970
Merriam's 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
Choate, J.R. 1970-12-30. Systematics and zoogeography of the Middle American shrews of the genus Cryptotis. University of Kansas Publications, Museum of Natural History 19:195-317.
Authority publication link
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4405329Original name as described
Cryptotis nigrescens merriami
Type material
USNM:MAMM:77050
Type kind
holotype
Type specimen URI
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3fb21888d-15cb-4d86-b99d-fb73ee211336Type locality
"Jacaltenango, 5400 ft. [= 1646 m], Huehuetenango, Guatemala." Restricted by L. N. Carraway in 2007 to "latitude 15.67°N, longitude 91.73°W."
Biogeographic realm
Nearctic · Neotropic
Country distribution
Mexico · Guatemala · Honduras · El Salvador · Nicaragua · Costa Rica
IUCN Red List status
Least Concern
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