Cryptotis niausa
Moreno Cárdenas & L. Albuja, 2014
Blind 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
Authority citation
Moreno Cárdenas, P.A. and Albuja, L. 2014. Una nueva especie de Musaraña del género Cryptotis Pomel 1848 (Mammalia: Soricomorpha: Soricidae) de Ecuador y estatus taxonomico de _Cryptotis equatoris_ Thomas (1912). Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia 54(28):403-418.
Authority publication link
https://doi.org/10.1590/0031-1049.2014.54.28Original name as described
Cryptotis niausa
Type material
MEPN 9627
Type kind
holotype
Type locality
"ECUADOR: provincia de Napo: cantón Quijos: Papallacta (Páramos de La Virgen), 00°20'49.2"S, 78°12'0"W, 3700 m, a 64 km al oriente de la ciudad de Quito."
Biogeographic realm
Neotropic
Country distribution
Ecuador
Taxonomy notes
recently described
Taxonomy notes citation
Moreno Cárdenas, P. A., & Albuja, L. (2014). Una nueva especie de Musaraña del género Cryptotis Pomel 1848 (Mammalia: Soricomorpha: Soricidae) de Ecuador y estatus taxonomico de Cryptotis equatoris Thomas (1912). Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia (Sú Paulo), 54(28), 403-418.
IUCN Red List status
Not Evaluated
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