Tropical Small-eared Shrew

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Tropical Small-eared Shrew[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Soricomorpha
Family: Soricidae
Genus: Cryptotis
Species: C. tropicalis
Binomial name
Cryptotis tropicalis
(Merriam, 1895)
Synonyms
  • micrurus (Tomes, 1861)
  • tropicalis (Gray, 1843)

The Tropical Small-eared Shrew (Cryptotis tropicalis) is a very small mammal of the Soricidae family. The species is found in the eastern highlands of Chiapas, Mexico, and parts of Belize and Guatemala. Until recently it was considered a subspecies of the North American Least Shrew (C. Parva) but it has gained species status. The relationship with the Central American Least Shrew (C. Orophila) is still to be studied.

[edit] References

  1. ^ Hutterer, Rainer (2005-11-16). in Wilson, D. E., and Reeder, D. M. (eds): Mammal Species of the World, 3rd edition, Johns Hopkins University Press, {{{pages}}}. ISBN 0-801-88221-4. 

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