Cryptotis nigrescens

(J. A. Allen, 1895)

Blackish Small-eared Shrew

Formerly Soricomorpha.
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Location:Costa Rica, Alajuela province, Zarcero Pueblo NuevoDate taken:Dec 8, 2016

Image courtesy of the ASM Mammal Images Library · MIL ID: 7851

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
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Allen, J.A. 1895-11-08. Descriptions of new American mammals. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 7(10):327-340.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26894487

Original name as described

Blarina (Soriciscus) nigrescens

Type material

AMNH MO-7952, AMNH MS-9591

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/amnh/mammals?id=urn-catalog-amnh-mammals-ms-9591

Type locality

"San Isidro (San José [Province]), Costa Rica."

Biogeographic realm

Neotropic

Country distribution

Costa Rica · Panama

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004160

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 micrura

(J. A. Allen, 1893)

Family

Soricidae

Root name

micrura

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

misidentification

Authority page

238

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26897460

Authority publication

Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History

Blarina (Soriciscus) nigrescens

(J. A. Allen, 1895)

Family

Soricidae

Root name

nigrescens

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

AMNH MO-7952, AMNH MS-9591

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/amnh/mammals?id=urn-catalog-amnh-mammals-ms-9591

Authority page

339

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26894487

Authority publication

Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Allen (1895:339, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26894487) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/15944)
  2. Merriam (1895:31, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45540239) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/14561)
  3. Alfaro (1897:14) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37835)
  4. Allen (1897:34, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27046592) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/10040)
  5. Trouessart (1904:138, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53422967) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59289)

Cryptotis nigrescens

G. S. Miller, 1911

Family

Soricidae

Root name

nigrescens

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

222

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3779563

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington

Name usages

  1. Miller (1911:222, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3779563) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/13401)
  2. Goodwin (1946:288) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/15800)
  3. Burt & Stirton (1961:21) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5545)
  4. Handley (1966:756, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2652310) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/15322)
  5. Corbet & Hill (1980:27) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  6. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:86) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  7. Corbet & Hill (1991:31) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)
  8. Hutterer (1993:109) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/65737)
  9. Hutterer (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9714)
  10. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #41376) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  11. Wilson & Mittermeier (2018:429) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57916)
  12. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #41376) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  13. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004160) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  14. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/41376/22285913) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Cryptotis zeteki

Setzer, 1950

Family

Soricidae

Root name

zeteki

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:290466

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/335507b41-07dc-4878-986b-2dbbc65794a5

Authority page

299

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39704065

Authority publication

Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences

Name usages

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

Cryptotis nigricans

G. G. Goodwin, 1954

Family

Soricidae

Root name

nigricans

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

2

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/63232869

Authority publication

American Museum Novitates

Cryptotis tersus

G. G. Goodwin, 1954

Family

Soricidae

Root name

tersus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

AMNH M-164495

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/amnh/mammals?id=urn-catalog-amnh-mammals-m-164495

Authority page

1

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/63232868

Authority publication

American Museum Novitates

Name usages

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

Cryptotis nigrescens zeteki

Handley, 1966

Family

Soricidae

Root name

zeteki

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

756

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2652310

Authority publication

Chicago

Name usages

Handley (1966:756, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2652310) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/15322)

Cryptotis nigrescens nigrescens

Choate, 1970

Family

Soricidae

Root name

nigrescens

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

279

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4405331

Authority publication

University of Kansas Publications, Museum of Natural History

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