Cryptotis tamensis

Woodman, 2002

Tama 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

Woodman, N. 2002-07-02. A new species of small-eared shrew from Colombia and Venezuela (Mammalia: Soricomorpha: Soricidae: Genus Cryptotis). Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 115(2):249-272.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35518617

Original name as described

Cryptotis tamensis

Other common names

Tama Shrew

Type material

USNM:MAMM:418567

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/380d74062-0e50-4780-87aa-8bf82cb7974d

Type locality

"VENEZUELA: State of Táchira: Buena Vista, 7°27'N, 72°26'W, 2415 m; near Páramo de Tamá; 35 km S, 22 km W of San Cristóbal."

Biogeographic realm

Neotropic

Country distribution

Colombia · Venezuela

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004173

Country distribution map

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Names and synonyms

Present and past (if available) associated names to the species. Click on a name to view its details. If the list is long, scroll down to see more.

Cryptotis tamensis

Woodman, 2002

Family

Soricidae

Root name

tamensis

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:418567

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/380d74062-0e50-4780-87aa-8bf82cb7974d

Authority page

254

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35518617

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington

Name usages

  1. Hutterer (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9714)
  2. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #136780) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  3. Wilson & Mittermeier (2018:439) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57916)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #136780) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004173) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  6. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/136780/126907401) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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