Cryptotis montivagus
(H. E. Anthony, 1921)
Wandering 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
Anthony, H.E. 1921-11-03. Preliminary report on Ecuadorean mammals. No. 1. American Museum Novitates 20:1-6.
Authority publication link
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/170548Original name as described
Blarina montivaga
Other common names
Grizzled Ecuadorean Shrew
Type material
AMNH M-47200
Type kind
holotype
Type locality
"Bestion, Prov. del Azuay, Ecuador."
Biogeographic realm
Neotropic
Country distribution
Ecuador · Peru
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
Not Evaluated
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