Tropical small-eared shrew

Tropical small-eared shrew[1]
Conservation status
	; Data Deficient (IUCN 3.1)[2]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Eulipotyphla
Family:	Soricidae
Genus:	Cryptotis
Species:	C. tropicalis
Binomial name
	Cryptotis tropicalis; (Merriam, 1895)
	Tropical small-eared shrew range
Synonyms
	micrurus (Tomes, 1861); tropicalis (Gray, 1843);

The tropical small-eared shrew (Cryptotis tropicalis) is a very small mammal of the family Soricidae. 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. Its relationship with the Central American least shrew (C. orophila) still remains to be studied.

References

Hutterer, R. (2005). Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M. (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
Woodman, N. (2008). "Cryptotis tropicalis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2008: e.T136757A4336006. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2008.RLTS.T136757A4336006.en. Retrieved 24 December 2017.

External links

"Cryptotis tropicalis". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2008-04-15.

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[msw3-1] Hutterer, R. (2005). Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M. (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.

[iucn-2] Woodman, N. (2008). "Cryptotis tropicalis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2008: e.T136757A4336006. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2008.RLTS.T136757A4336006.en. Retrieved 24 December 2017.