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/4405329

Original 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-fb73ee211336

Type 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

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004152

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.

Corsira tropicalis

(J. E. Gray, 1843)

Family

Soricidae

Root name

tropicalis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_nudum

Authority page

79

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30680057

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Name usages

Hutterer (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9714)

Cryptotis nigrescens merriami

Choate, 1970

Family

Soricidae

Root name

merriami

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:77050

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3fb21888d-15cb-4d86-b99d-fb73ee211336

Authority page

277

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4405329

Authority publication

University of Kansas Publications, Museum of Natural History

Cryptotis merriami

Hutterer, 2005

Family

Soricidae

Root name

merriami

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

  1. Hutterer (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9714)
  2. Carraway (2007:25) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/3397)
  3. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #136398) (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 #136398) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004152) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  7. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/136398/115207240) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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