Cryptotis aroensis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Eulipotyphla
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Synapsida Cladus: Eupelycosauria Cladus: Sphenacodontia Cladus: Sphenacodontoidea Cladus: Therapsida Cladus: Theriodontia Cladus: Cynodontia Cladus: Eucynodontia Cladus: Probainognathia Cladus: Prozostrodontia Cladus: Mammaliaformes Classis: Mammalia Subclassis: Trechnotheria Infraclassis: Zatheria Supercohors: Theria Cohors: Eutheria Infraclassis: Placentalia Cladus: Boreoeutheria Superordo: Laurasiatheria Ordo: Eulipotyphla

Cryptotis aroensis Quiroga-Carmona & Molinari, 2012: 3

Holotype: CVULA I-8548, adult ♂, body in alcohol with skull removed, collected on 12 March 2011.
Type locality: “Las Cumaraguas Sector, Sierra de Aroa, Municipio Cocorote, Estado Yaracuy, Venezuela (10°22′02.6″N, 68°49′20.4″W), elevation 1730 m”.

Quiroga-Carmona, M. & Molinari, J. 2012. Description of a new shrew of the genus Cryptotis (Mammalia: Soricomorpha: Soricidae) from the Sierra de Aroa, an isolated mountain range in northwestern Venezuela, with remarks on biogeography and conservation. Zootaxa 3441: 1–20. Preview Reference page.

English: Aroa Small-eared Shrew