Cryptotis berlandieri

(S. F. Baird, 1857)

Berlandier's Least Shrew

Taxonomy

Subclass: Theria
Infraclass: Placentalia
Magnorder: Boreoeutheria
Superorder: Laurasiatheria
Order: Eulipotyphla
Suborder: Erinaceota
Superfamily: Soricoidea
Family: Soricidae
Subfamily: Soricinae
Tribe: Blarinini
Genus: Cryptotis

Species status

Living
Found in the wild

Authority citation

Baird, S.F. 1857. General Report upon the Zoology of the Several Pacific Railroad Routes. Part I. Mammals. A. P. Nicholson, Washington, 757 pp.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/58487605

Original name as described

Blarina berlandieri

Other common names

Berlandier's Shrew

Type material

USNM:MAMM:2159

Type kind

lectotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/39609016e-d122-4175-a9a3-ac8dc294cf91

Type locality

"Matamoras [= Matamoros], " Tamaulipas, Mexico. Restricted by L. N. Carraway in 2007 to "latitude 25.91°N, longitude 97.5°W."

Biogeographic realm

Nearctic

Country distribution

Mexico · United States

Subregion distribution

USA(TX)

Taxonomy notes

split from C. parva

Taxonomy notes citation

Woodman, N. 2018. American Recent Eulipotyphla: Nesophontids, Solenodons, Moles, and Shrews in the New World. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology 650:1-107. a#43539

IUCN Red List status

Not Evaluated

Species Permalink

https://mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004127

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.

Total: 8 names and synonyms.

Blarina berlandieri

S. F. Baird, 1857

Family

Soricidae

Root name

berlandieri

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:2159

Type kind

lectotype

Original type locality

probably ... in the vicinity of Matamoras

Type locality

Mexico: Tamaulipas: 25°54′36″N, 97°30′W.

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/39609016e-d122-4175-a9a3-ac8dc294cf91

Authority page

53

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/58487605

Authority publication

Washington

Name usages

Baird (1857:53, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/58487605) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/20633)
Murray (1866:344, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15580340) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39798)
Merriam (1895:20, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45540250) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/14561)
Trouessart (1904:137, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53422966) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59289)
Bailey (1905:208, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25801871) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/14873)

Blarina pergracilis

D. G. Elliot, 1903

Family

Soricidae

Root name

pergracilis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

FMNH:Mamm:8689

Type kind

holotype

Original type locality

Ocotlan, State of Jalisco, Mexico

Type locality

Mexico: Jalisco: 20°21′5″N, 102°46′8″W.

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/fmnh/mammals?id=1c56436c-e114-40ec-9501-c787e2615c21

Authority page

149

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2652863

Authority publication

Field Columbian Museum, Zoölogical Series

Name usages

Hutterer (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9714)

Cryptotis pergracilis macer

G. S. Miller, 1911

Family

Soricidae

Root name

macer

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:15565 (= USNM:MAMM:A38494)

Type kind

holotype

Original type locality

near Guanajuato City, Mexico

Type locality

Mexico: Guanajuato: 21°0′57″N, 101°15′10″W.

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3d1ab76dd-2553-4bf1-b573-4c6bcbb4ffec

Authority page

223

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3779564

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington

Name usages

Miller (1911:223, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3779564) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/13401)
Jackson (1933:80, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34560810) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/13404)
Hutterer (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9714)

Cryptotis pergracilis:

G. S. Miller, 1911

Family

Soricidae

Root name

pergracilis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

223

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3779564

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington

Name usages

Miller (1911:223, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3779564) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/13401)
Jackson (1933:79, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34560809) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/13404)

Cryptotis pergracilis pergracilis:

G. S. Miller, 1911

Family

Soricidae

Root name

pergracilis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

223

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3779564

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington

Name usages

Miller (1911:223, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3779564) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/13401)
Miller (1911:223, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3779564) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/13401)
Jackson (1933:80, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34560810) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/13404)

Cryptotis pergracilis nayaritensis

H. H. T. Jackson, 1933

Family

Soricidae

Root name

nayaritensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:88015

Type kind

holotype

Original type locality

Tepic, altitude 3000 feet, State of Niiyarit, Mexico

Type locality

Mexico: Nayarit.

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3d496475c-1927-4c83-8a8b-fcd4d0b0b196

Authority page

79

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34560809

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington

Name usages

Jackson (1933:79, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34560809) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/13404)
Hutterer (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9714)

Cryptotis parva berlandieri:

Hutterer, 2005

Family

Soricidae

Root name

berlandieri

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

Hutterer (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9714)
Carraway (2007:31) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/3397)

Cryptotis berlandieri:

D. E. Wilson & Mittermeier, 2018

Family

Soricidae

Root name

berlandieri

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

431

Authority publication

Barcelona

Name usages

Wilson & Mittermeier (2018:431) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57916)
Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #400000103) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004127) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
Galfano, Herrera, Bulger, Stuart, Frey & Hope (2025:14) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69653)

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