Cryptotis mexicanus

(Coues, 1877)

Small Mexican 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

Coues, E. 1877-05-15. Precursory notes on American insectivorous mammals, with descriptions of new species. Bulletin of the United States Geological and Geographical Survey of the Territories 3(3):631-653.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31646358

Original name as described

Blarina (Soriciscus) mexicana

Other common names

Mexican Short-tailed Shrew · Grizzled Small-eared Shrew · Grizzled Mexican Small-eared Shrew · Grizzled Shrew

Type material

USNM:MAMM:3525 (= USNM:MAMM:A4438)

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3149277fa-ebf5-44be-a153-ef81bd552863

Type locality

"Xalapa [= Jalapa], Mexico." Restricted by L. N. Carraway in 2007 to "latitude 19.51°N, longitude 96.91°W."

Biogeographic realm

Nearctic

Country distribution

Mexico

Taxonomy notes

includes obscurus; 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. · Vázquez-Ponce, F. J., Hernández-Canchola, G., Jiménez-Marín, A. R., & Guevara, L. (2021). Divergencia genética en musarañas (Mammalia: Soricidae) de los bosques húmedos de montaña al norte del Neotrópico. Revista mexicana de biodiversidad, 92. · Vilchis-Conde, J. M., Ospina-Garcés, S. M., Ureta, C., Cervantes, F. A., & Guevara, L. (2023). Geometric morphometrics clarifies the taxonomic status of semifossorial shrews (Eulipotyphla, Soricidae, Cryptotis) from Mexican cloud forests. Mammalia, 87(5), 518-526.

IUCN Red List status

Not Evaluated

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004154

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 mexicana madrea

G. G. Goodwin, 1954

Family

Soricidae

Root name

madreus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

AMNH M-147901

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/amnh/mammals?id=urn-catalog-amnh-mammals-m-147901

Authority page

1

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/63231749

Authority publication

American Museum Novitates

Name usages

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

Blarina (Soriciscus) mexicana

(Coues, 1877)

Family

Soricidae

Root name

mexicanus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:3525 (= USNM:MAMM:A4438)

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3149277fa-ebf5-44be-a153-ef81bd552863

Authority page

652

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31646358

Authority publication

Bulletin of the United States Geological and Geographical Survey of the Territories

Name usages

True (1885:606, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7306400) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35039)

Blarina obscura

(C. H. Merriam, 1895)

Family

Soricidae

Root name

obscurus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:55634

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3d8b8583e-ffad-4019-bcc6-4b5f21dc6ce1

Authority page

23

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45540247

Authority publication

North American Fauna

Cryptotis mexicana

Corbet & J. Edwards Hill, 1980

Family

Soricidae

Root name

mexicana

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

27

Authority publication

London

Name usages

  1. Corbet & Hill (1980:27) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  2. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:86) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  3. Hutterer (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9714)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #41374) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  5. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/41374/22286065) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Cryptotis obscura

Hutterer, 2005

Family

Soricidae

Root name

obscura

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 #136462) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  3. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/136462/22286153) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Cryptotis mexicanus

D. E. Wilson & Mittermeier, 2018

Family

Soricidae

Root name

mexicanus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

427

Authority publication

Barcelona

Name usages

  1. Wilson & Mittermeier (2018:427) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57916)
  2. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #41374) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  3. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004154) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)

Cryptotis obscurus

D. E. Wilson & Mittermeier, 2018

Family

Soricidae

Root name

obscurus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

428

Authority publication

Barcelona

Name usages

  1. Wilson & Mittermeier (2018:428) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57916)
  2. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #136462) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)

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