Cryptotis phillipsii

(Schaldach, 1966)

Phillips'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

Schaldach, W.J., Jr. 1966. New forms of mammals from Southern Oaxaca, Mexico, with notes on some mammals of the Coastal range. Säugetierkundliche Mitteilungen 14:286-297.

Original name as described

Notiosorex phillipsii

Other common names

Phillips's Shrew

Type material

CNMA 8445

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

"Río Molino, 3 kilometers S.W. San Miguel Suchixtepec, altitude 2250 m, southern Oaxaca, México." Restricted by L. N. Carraway in 2007 to "latitude 16.06°N, longitude 96.49°W."

Biogeographic realm

Neotropic

Country distribution

Mexico

IUCN Red List status

Vulnerable

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