Cryptotis tropicalis

(C. H. Merriam, 1895)

Tropical Least Shrew

Formerly Soricomorpha. Also as Tropical Shrew, Tropical Small-eared Shrew.
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Location:Guatemala, Huehuetenango, 3.5 km N La Trinidad, 1580 mDate taken:Jan 5, 2009Description : Formerly Soricomorpha. Also as Tropical Shrew, Tropical Small-eared Shrew.

Distribution :

Eastern highlands of Chiapas (Mexico) east and south into highlands of Belize and Guatemala.

Image courtesy of the ASM Mammal Images Library · MIL ID: 2049

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

Merriam, C.H. 1895-12-31. Revision of the shrews of the American genera Blarina and Notiosorex. North American Fauna 10:1-34.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45540249

Original name as described

Blarina tropicalis

Other common names

Tropical Shrew · Tropical Small-eared Shrew

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1907.1.1.33

Type kind

lectotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/f317fccb-2a92-4e5e-9aa3-bc151a4e3873

Type locality

"Coban, Guatemala (altitude about 4, 400 feet [= 1341 m])." Restricted by L. N. Carraway to "latitude 15.48°N, longitude 90.37°W."

Biogeographic realm

Nearctic · Neotropic

Country distribution

Mexico · Guatemala · Belize · Honduras · El Salvador

IUCN Red List status

Not Evaluated

Species Permalink

https://mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004175

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: 3 names and synonyms.

Sorex micrurus

(Tomes, 1862)

Family

Soricidae

Root name

micrurus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

preoccupied

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1907.1.1.33

Type kind

lectotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/f317fccb-2a92-4e5e-9aa3-bc151a4e3873

Authority page

279

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28672815

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Name usages

  1. Tomes (1862:279, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28672815) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34985)
  2. Hutterer (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9714)

Blarina tropicalis

(C. H. Merriam, 1895)

Family

Soricidae

Root name

tropicalis

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

nomen_novum

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1907.1.1.33

Type kind

lectotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/f317fccb-2a92-4e5e-9aa3-bc151a4e3873

Authority page

21

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45540249

Authority publication

North American Fauna

Name usages

  1. Merriam (1895:21, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45540249) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/14561)
  2. Trouessart (1904:137, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53422966) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59289)

Cryptotis tropicalis

G. S. Miller, 1911

Family

Soricidae

Root name

tropicalis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

221

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3779562

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington

Name usages

  1. Miller (1911:221, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3779562) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/13401)
  2. Hutterer (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9714)
  3. Carraway (2007:37) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/3397)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #136757) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  5. Wilson & Mittermeier (2018:433) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57916)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #136757) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004175) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  8. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/136757/22286227) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)
  9. Galfano, Herrera, Bulger, Stuart, Frey & Hope (2025:14) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69653)

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