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--> TRIBE Blarinini
--> GENUS Cryptotis
SPECIES Cryptotis colombiana
Author: | Woodman and Timm, 1993. | Citation: | Fieldiana: Zoology, n.s., 74: 24. | Common Name: | Colombian Small-eared Shrew | Type Locality: | Colombia, Central Cordillera, Antioquia Dept., Río Negrito; 15 km E of Sonsón, 1750 m. | Distribution: | Colombia, Central Cordillera. | Comments: | C. nigrescens group (Woodman and Timm, 1993). Woodman (1996) reported a second specimen from the Cordillera Oriental that he later described as a new species related to C. colombiana (Woodman, 2003); see under C. brachyonyx. |
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