Taxonomy Profile: Cryptotis (Pomel 1848)

Cryptotis: Taxonomy and Nomenclature
Kingdom:
Animalia
Taxonomic Rank:
Genus
Synonym(s):
Common Name(s):
small-eared shrews []
Taxonomic Status:
Current Standing:
valid
Data Quality Indicators:
Record Credibility Rating:
TWG standards met
Cryptotis: Taxonomic Hierarchy
Kingdom : Animalia
animals |
Animal |
animaux |
Subkingdom : Bilateria
Infrakingdom : Deuterostomia
Phylum : Chordata
chordates |
cordado |
cordés |
Subphylum : Vertebrata
vertebrates |
vertebrado |
vertébrés |
Infradivision : Gnathostomata
Superclass : Tetrapoda
Class : Mammalia
mammals |
mamífero |
mammifères |
Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Eutheria
Order : Soricomorpha
Family : Soricidae
shrews |
Subfamily : Soricinae
Tribe : Blarinini
Genus : Cryptotis
small-eared shrews |
Cryptotis Direct Children(s):
Cryptotis parva
(Say 1823)
Cryptotis endersi
(Setzer 1950)
Cryptotis goldmani
(Merriam 1895)
Cryptotis goodwini
(Jackson 1933)
Cryptotis gracilis
(Miller 1911)
Cryptotis hondurensis
(Woodman and Timm 1992)
Cryptotis magna
(Merriam 1895)
Cryptotis meridensis
(Thomas 1898)
Cryptotis mexicana
(Coues 1877)
Cryptotis montivaga
(Anthony 1921)
Cryptotis nigrescens
(J A Allen 1895)
Cryptotis squamipes
(J A Allen 1912)
Cryptotis thomasi
(Merriam 1897)
Cryptotis alticola
(Merriam 1895)
Cryptotis brachyonyx
(Woodman 2003)
Cryptotis colombiana
(Woodman and Timm 1993)
Cryptotis equatoris
(Thomas 1912)
Cryptotis griseoventris
(Jackson 1933)
Cryptotis mayensis
(Merriam 1901)
Cryptotis medellinia
(Thomas 1921)
Cryptotis mera
(Goldman 1912)
Cryptotis merriami
(Choate 1970)
Cryptotis nelsoni
(Merriam 1895)
Cryptotis obscura
(Merriam 1895)
Cryptotis orophila
(J A Allen 1895)
Cryptotis peregrina
(Merriam 1895)
Cryptotis peruviensis
(Vivar Pacheco and Valqui 1997)
Cryptotis phillipsii
(Schaldach 1966)
Cryptotis tamensis
(Woodman 2002)
Cryptotis tropicalis
(Merriam 1895)
Cryptotis: References
Expert(s):
Expert:
Alfred L. Gardner
Notes:
Curator of North American mammals and Chief of Mammal Section, National Biological Service, Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, Washington, DC, USA
Reference for:
Cryptotis
Expert:
Rainer Hutterer
Notes:
Zoologisches Forschunginstitut und Museum Alexander Koenig, Adenauerallee 160, 53113 Bonn, Germany
Reference for:
Cryptotis
Source(s):
Source:
NODC Taxonomic Code
Acquired:
1996-07-29
Notes:
Reference for:
Cryptotis
Publication(s):
Author(s)/Editor(s):
Banks, R. C., R. W. McDiarmid, and A. L. Gardner
Publication Date (Listed/Actual):
1987-01-01 / 1987-01-01
Article/Chapter Title:
Checklist of Vertebrates of the United States, the U.S. Territories, and Canada
Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:
Resource Publication, no. 166
Page(s):
79
Publisher:
United States Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service
Publication Place:
Washington, D.C., USA
ISBN/ISSN:
/
Notes:
Reference for:
Cryptotis
Author(s)/Editor(s):
Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds.
Publication Date (Listed/Actual):
1992-01-01 / 1993-01-01
Article/Chapter Title:
Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:
Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 2nd ed., 3rd printing
Page(s):
xviii + 1207
Publisher:
Smithsonian Institution Press
Publication Place:
Washington, DC, USA
ISBN/ISSN:
1-56098-217-9/
Notes:
Corrections were made to text at 3rd printing
Reference for:
Cryptotis
Author(s)/Editor(s):
Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds.
Publication Date (Listed/Actual):
2005-10-01 / 2005-10-01
Article/Chapter Title:
Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:
Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 3rd ed., vols. 1 & 2
Page(s):
2142
Publisher:
Johns Hopkins University Press
Publication Place:
Baltimore, Maryland, USA
ISBN/ISSN:
0-8018-8221-4/
Notes:
Reference for:
Cryptotis
Cryptotis: Geographic Information
Geographic Division:
Jurisdiction/Origin:
Cryptotis: Comments
Comment:
Comments: See Repenning (1967:37) and Reumer (1998:19) for placement in Blarinini. North and Central American species revised in part by Choate (1970) and Choate and Fleharty (1974); Central and South American species revised by Woodman (1996, 2002, 2003), Woodman and Timm (1993, 1999, 2000), and Vivar et al. (1997). Gureev (1979:433-437) listed many species that Choate (1970) considered synonyms. Formerly included C. surinamensis which was transferred to Sorex araneus by Husson (1963). Woodman (1993...