Cryptotis monteverdensis

Woodman & Timm, 2016

Monteverde Small-eared 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

Woodman, N. and Timm, R.M. 2016-08-27. A new species of small-eared shrew in the Cryptotis thomasi species group from Costa Rica (Mammalia: Eulipotyphla: Soricidae). Mammal Research 62(1):89-101.

Authority publication link

https://doi.org/10.1007/s13364-016-0289-6

Original name as described

Cryptotis monteverdensis

Type material

KU:M:134852

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/ku/kum?id=95970572-1ed8-11e3-bfac-90b11c41863e

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."

Biogeographic realm

Neotropic

Country distribution

Costa Rica

Taxonomy notes

recently described

Taxonomy notes citation

Woodman, N. and Timm, R.M. 2016. A new species of small-eared shrew in the Cryptotis thomasi species group from Costa Rica (Mammalia: Eulipotyphla: Soricidae). Mammal Research 62(1):89-101. doi:10.1007/s13364-016-0289-6

IUCN Red List status

Not Evaluated

Species Permalink

https://mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004156

Country distribution map

The map below provides a general overview. Most species inhabit only specific regions within countries. Hover over the highlighted regions to see the country name.

Names and synonyms

Present and past (if available) associated names to the species. Click on a name to view its details.

Total: 1 name and synonym.

Cryptotis monteverdensis

Woodman & Timm, 2016

Family

Soricidae

Root name

monteverdensis

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

KU:M:134852

Type kind

holotype

Original 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 (Fig. 1).

Type locality

Costa Rica: 10°18′N, 84°47′W.

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/ku/kum?id=95970572-1ed8-11e3-bfac-90b11c41863e

Authority page

93

Authority publication

Mammal Research

Name usages

Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #100000459) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
Wilson & Mittermeier (2018:437) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57916)
Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #100000459) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004156) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)

Publications

Search Crossref

Fetched automatically from Crossref and not curated by the MDD team. Only works with Cryptotis monteverdensis in the title or abstract are shown.

Searching Crossref…

Please send any edits, corrections, or unfilled data (including full citations) to mammaldiversity [at] gmail [dot] com.