Cryptotis thomasi

(C. H. Merriam, 1897)

Thomas'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

Merriam, C.H. 1897-07-15. Descriptions of five new shrews from Mexico, Guatemala, and Colombia. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 11:227-230.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2263415

Original name as described

Blarina thomasi

Other common names

Thomas's Shrew

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1897.5.21.2

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/6c9bd955-c320-4a33-b92b-ba4ba3b5937d

Type locality

"Plains of Bogota, Colombia (on G. O. Child's estate near City of Bogota, alt. about 9000 feet [= 2743 m])."

Biogeographic realm

Neotropic

Country distribution

Colombia

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004174

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.

Blarina thomasi

(C. H. Merriam, 1897)

Family

Soricidae

Root name

thomasi

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1897.5.21.2

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/6c9bd955-c320-4a33-b92b-ba4ba3b5937d

Authority page

227

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2263415

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington

Cryptotis avia

G. M. Allen, 1923

Family

Soricidae

Root name

avius

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MCZ:Mamm:20091

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://mczbase.mcz.harvard.edu/guid/MCZ:Mamm:20091

Authority page

37

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11273033

Authority publication

Proceedings of the New England Zoological Club

Name usages

  1. Corbet & Hill (1980:27) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  2. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:85) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  3. Hutterer (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9714)

Cryptotis thomasi

Corbet & J. Edwards Hill, 1980

Family

Soricidae

Root name

thomasi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

28

Authority publication

London

Name usages

  1. Corbet & Hill (1980:28) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  2. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:86) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  3. Hutterer (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9714)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #41379) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #41379) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004174) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  7. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/41379/126907773) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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