Yucatan small-eared shrew | |
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Conservation status | |
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Eulipotyphla |
Family: | Soricidae |
Genus: | Cryptotis |
Species: | C. mayensis |
Binomial name | |
Cryptotis mayensis (Merriam, 1901) | |
Yucatan small-eared shrew range |
The Yucatan small-eared shrew (Cryptotis mayensis) is a species of mammal in the family Soricidae. It is mainly known from lowlands of Guatemala, Belize and Mexico's Yucatán Peninsula, where it has been found in dry scrubland and tropical dry forest at elevations below 100 m. It is threatened by deforestation.
References
- ^ Cuarón, A.D.; de Grammont, P.C.; Woodman, N.; Matson, J. (2016). "Cryptotis mayensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T136488A22284758. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-2.RLTS.T136488A22284758.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
- Hutterer, R. (2005). "Order Soricomorpha". In Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 272. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
Taxon identifiers | |
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Cryptotis mayensis |
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