Cryptotis orophilus
(J. A. Allen, 1895)
Central American Least 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
Allen, J.A. 1895-11-08. Descriptions of new American mammals. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 7(10):327-340.
Authority publication link
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26894488Original name as described
Blarina (Soriciscus) orophila
Other common names
Central American Small-eared Shrew
Type material
AMNH MO-9558, AMNH MS-9640
Type kind
holotype
Type specimen URI
http://portal.vertnet.org/o/amnh/mammals?id=urn-catalog-amnh-mammals-mo-9558 http://portal.vertnet.org/o/amnh/mammals?id=urn-catalog-amnh-mammals-ms-9640Type locality
"Volcan de Irazú," Cartago Province, Costa Rica.
Biogeographic realm
Neotropic
Country distribution
Honduras · El Salvador · Nicaragua · Costa Rica
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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