Cryptotis perijensis
Quiroga-Carmona & Woodman, 2015
Perija 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
Authority citation
Quiroga-Carmona, M. and Woodman, N. 2015-06-03. A new species of Cryptotis (Mammalia, Eulipotyphla, Soricidae) from the Sierra de Perijá, Venezuelan-Colombian Andes. Journal of Mammalogy 96(4):800-809.
Authority publication link
https://doi.org/10.1093/jmammal/gyv085Original name as described
Cryptotis perijensis
Other common names
Perija Shrew
Type material
MBLUZ 105
Type kind
holotype
Type locality
"near Finca el Suspiro, Departamento del Cesar, Colombia, 2,000 m (10°21'N, 72°57'W)."
Biogeographic realm
Neotropic
Country distribution
Colombia · Venezuela
Taxonomy notes
recently described
Taxonomy notes citation
Quiroga-Carmona, M., & Woodman, N. (2015). A new species of Cryptotis (Mammalia, Eulipotyphla, Soricidae) from the Sierra de Perijá, Venezuelan-Colombian Andes. Journal of Mammalogy, 96(4), 800-809.
IUCN Red List status
Not Evaluated
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