Cryptotis monteverdensis

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

Familia: Soricidae
Subfamilia: Soricinae
Tribus: Blarinini
Genus: Cryptotis
Species: Cryptotis monteverdensis

Name

Cryptotis monteverdensis Woodman & Timm, 2017: 93

• Holotype: KU 134852, ♀, body in alcohol with skull removed, collected by Jerry James on 13 August 1973.
• Type locality: “Costa Rica, Puntarenas Province, Monteverde, Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve, in ‘cloud forest at [the continental] divide' (ca. 10° 18' N, 84° 47' W); the highest elevations in the 1973 reserve, including the continental divide, are at ca. 1550 m”.

References

Primary references

• Woodman, N. & Timm, R.M. 2017. A new species of small-eared shrew in the Cryptotis thomasi species group from Costa Rica (Mammalia: Eulipotyphla: Soricidae). Mammal Research 62: 89–101. DOI: 10.1007/s13364-016-0289-6 Reference page. 

Vernacular names

English: Monteverde Small-eared Shrew