Cryptotis merus

E. A. Goldman, 1912

Darién 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

Goldman, E.A. 1912-09-20. New mammals from eastern Panama. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections 60(2):1-18.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8910351

Original name as described

Cryptotis merus

Other common names

Darien Shrew · Darien Small-eared Shrew

Type material

USNM:MAMM:178976

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3cc652cbf-02c3-4915-bb94-3f46c521f78f

Type locality

"from near head of Rio Limon (altitude 4,500 feet [= 1372 m]), Mount Pirri, eastern Panama."

Biogeographic realm

Neotropic

Country distribution

Panama · Colombia

Taxonomy notes

ending changed from -a to -us through all of Cryptotis

Taxonomy notes citation

International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature (ICZN). 2006. Opinion 2164 (Case 3328). Didelphis Linnaeus, 1758 (Mammalia, Didelphidae): Gender Corrected to Feminine, and Cryptotis Pomel, 1848 (Mammalia, Soricidae): Gender Fixed as Masculine. Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature, 63, 282–283.

IUCN Red List status

Endangered

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004153

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.

Cryptotis merus

E. A. Goldman, 1912

Family

Soricidae

Root name

merus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:178976

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3cc652cbf-02c3-4915-bb94-3f46c521f78f

Authority page

17

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8910351

Authority publication

Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections

Name usages

  1. Goldman (1920:171, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30263283) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9520)
  2. Hutterer (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9714)
  3. Wilson & Mittermeier (2018:429) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57916)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #136299) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004153) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  6. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/136299/22283802) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Cryptotis nigrescens mera

Handley, 1966

Family

Soricidae

Root name

merus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

756

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2652310

Authority publication

Chicago

Cryptotis mera

Hutterer, 2005

Family

Soricidae

Root name

merus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

  1. Hutterer (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9714)
  2. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #136299) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)

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