Cryptotis albujai
Moreno Cárdenas, Pacheco, Ruelas, & Ron, 2025
Albuja's Short-tailed 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
Authority citation
Moreno Cárdenas, P.A., Pacheco, V.R., Ruelas, D. and Ron, S. 2025-05-07. A new species of Cryptotis (Eulipotyphla: Soricidae) and introduction to the systematics of the Ecuadorian and Peruvian Cryptotis species. Mammalia (in press).
Authority publication link
https://doi.org/10.1515/mammalia-2024-0154Original name as described
Cryptotis albujai
Other common names
Albuja's Shrew
Type material
QCAZ 10956
Type kind
holotype
Type locality
"Ecuador, Zamora Chinchipe Province, Tapichalaca Private Reserve (-4.4913°, -79.1263°), 2, 541 m elevation."
Biogeographic realm
Neotropic
Country distribution
Ecuador
Taxonomy notes
recently described
Taxonomy notes citation
Cárdenas, P. M., Pacheco, V., Ruelas, D., & Ron, S. (2025). A new species of Cryptotis (Eulipotyphla: Soricidae) and introduction to the systematics of the Ecuadorian and Peruvian Cryptotis species. Mammalia, (0), in press.
IUCN Red List status
Not Evaluated
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