Cryptotis nelsoni

(C. H. Merriam, 1895)

Nelson'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

Merriam, C.H. 1895-12-31. Revision of the shrews of the American genera Blarina and Notiosorex. North American Fauna 10:1-34.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45540244

Original name as described

Blarina nelsoni

Other common names

Nelson's Shrew

Type material

USNM:MAMM:65437

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/38d5bdecc-f5e9-464a-ac35-0cb05a3c49b6

Type locality

"Volcano of Tuxtla, Vera Cruz, Mexico (altitude, 4,800 feet [= 1219 m])." Restricted by L. N. Carraway in 2007 to "latitude 18.55°N, longitude 95.22°W."

Biogeographic realm

Nearctic

Country distribution

Mexico

IUCN Red List status

Critically Endangered

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004158

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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 nelsoni

(C. H. Merriam, 1895)

Family

Soricidae

Root name

nelsoni

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:65437

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/38d5bdecc-f5e9-464a-ac35-0cb05a3c49b6

Authority page

26

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45540244

Authority publication

North American Fauna

Cryptotis nelsoni

Hutterer, 2005

Family

Soricidae

Root name

nelsoni

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 #136389) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  3. Wilson & Mittermeier (2018:427) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57916)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #136389) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004158) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  6. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/136389/22284939) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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