Cryptotis oreoryctes
Woodman, 2011
Highland Broad-clawed 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
Woodman, N. 2011-12. Patterns of morphological variation amongst semifossorial shrews in the highlands of Guatemala, with the description of a new species (Mammalia, Soricomorpha, Soricidae). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 163(4):1267-1288.
Authority publication link
https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1096-3642.2011.00754.xOriginal name as described
Cryptotis oreoryctes
Other common names
Yalijux Shrew
Type material
USNM:MAMM:569877
Type kind
holotype
Type specimen URI
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3e0f000a2-21f9-422c-b1dc-fa2e84ae044fType locality
"Chelemhá Cloud Forest Reserve (c. 15°23'N, 90°04'W), c. 2090 m.a.m.s.l., Alta Verapaz, Guatemala."
Biogeographic realm
Neotropic
Country distribution
Guatemala
Taxonomy notes
recently described
Taxonomy notes citation
Woodman, N. (2011). Patterns of morphological variation amongst semifossorial shrews in the highlands of Guatemala, with the description of a new species (Mammalia, Soricomorpha, Soricidae). Zoological journal of the Linnean Society, 163(4), 1267-1288.
IUCN Red List status
Not Evaluated
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