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HOME --> CLASS MAMMALIA
--> ORDER SORICOMORPHA
--> FAMILY Soricidae
--> SUBFAMILY Soricinae
--> TRIBE Blarinini
--> GENUS Cryptotis
SPECIES Cryptotis gracilis
| Author: | Miller, 1911. | | Citation: | Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash., 24: 221. | | Common Name: | Talamancan Small-eared Shrew | | Type Locality: | Costa Rica, Talamanca [= Limón], near base of Pico Blanco, head of Lari River, altitude about 6000 ft. (1800 m). | | Distribution: | SE Costa Rica and W Panama. | | Status: | IUCN – Vulnerable. | | Comments: | Considered a relict species by Choate (1970). Specimens from Honduras previously included in gracilis were described as a new species, C. hondurensis, by Woodman and Timm (1992). |
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