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/170548

Original name as described

Blarina montivaga

Other common names

Grizzled Ecuadorean Shrew

Type material

AMNH M-47200

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/amnh/mammals?id=urn-catalog-amnh-mammals-m-47200

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

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004157

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.

Blarina montivaga

(H. E. Anthony, 1921)

Family

Soricidae

Root name

montivagus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

AMNH M-47200

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/amnh/mammals?id=urn-catalog-amnh-mammals-m-47200

Authority page

5

Authority publication

American Museum Novitates

Cryptotis montivaga

Corbet & J. Edwards Hill, 1980

Family

Soricidae

Root name

montivagus

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. Corbet & Hill (1991:31) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)
  4. Hutterer (1993:109) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/65737)
  5. Hutterer (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9714)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #41375) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  7. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/41375/22285849) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Cryptotis montivagus

D. E. Wilson & Mittermeier, 2018

Family

Soricidae

Root name

montivagus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

440

Authority publication

Barcelona

Name usages

  1. Wilson & Mittermeier (2018:440) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57916)
  2. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #41375) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  3. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004157) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)

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