Cryptotis floridanus

(C. H. Merriam, 1895)

Florida 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

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/45540251

Original name as described

Blarina floridana

Type material

USNM:MAMM:16510 (= USNM:MAMM:A23937)

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/38e36679d-ffcd-4f32-96ef-e1a6432de867

Type locality

"Chester Shoal, 11 miles north of Cape Canaveral, Brevard County, Fl[orid]a., United States."

Biogeographic realm

Nearctic

Country distribution

United States

Subregion distribution

USA(FL, GA?)

Taxonomy notes

split from C. parvus

Taxonomy notes citation

Galfano, T. M., Herrera, T. M., Bulger, J. B., Stuart, J. N., Frey, J. K., & Hope, A. G. (2025). Phylogenomic Analysis of Wide‐Ranging Least Shrews Refines Conservation Priorities and Supports a Paradigm for Evolution of Biota Spanning Eastern North America and Mesoamerica. Ecology and Evolution, 15(5), e71263.

IUCN Red List status

Not Evaluated

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1006937

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. If the list is long, scroll down to see more.

Blarina floridana

(C. H. Merriam, 1895)

Family

Soricidae

Root name

floridanus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:16510 (= USNM:MAMM:A23937)

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/38e36679d-ffcd-4f32-96ef-e1a6432de867

Authority page

19

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45540251

Authority publication

North American Fauna

Name usages

  1. Merriam (1895:19, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45540251) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/14561)
  2. Bangs (1898:209, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/56756055) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/20629)

Cryptotis parva floridana

Harper, 1927

Family

Soricidae

Root name

floridanus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

270

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Harper (1927:270) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67783)
  2. Hutterer (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9714)

Cryptotis parvus floridanus

D. E. Wilson & Mittermeier, 2018

Family

Soricidae

Root name

floridanus

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)

Cryptotis floridanus

Galfano, Herrera, Bulger, J. N. Stuart, J. K. Frey, & Hope, 2025

Family

Soricidae

Root name

floridanus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

14

Authority publication

Ecology and Evolution

Name usages

Galfano, Herrera, Bulger, Stuart, Frey & Hope (2025:14) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69653)

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