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Cryptotis berlandieri

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Berlandier's Least Shrew
(Cryptotis berlandieri)
Range
Taxonomic classification
Order:Eulipotyphla
Suborder:Erinaceota
Family:Soricidae
Subfamily:Soricinae
Tribe:Blarinini
Genus:Cryptotis
Species group:Cryptotis parvus group
Binomial details
Cryptotis berlandieri (S. F. Baird, 1858)

Cryptotis berlandieri was previously considered a subspecies of Cryptotis parvus. It averages slightly larger than Cryptotis parvus.

Description

From Woodman (2018): "Cryptotis berlandieri in Texas and northern Tamaulipas average larger than C. parvus from the central Great Plains. There is also preliminary evidence that populations of C. berlandieri in Texas and northern Tamaulipas may differ from those in more southern parts of the distribution in Mexico (Choate, 1970). A more comprehensive study of populations within C. berlandieri than has been undertaken so far may reveal more genetic variation than currently recognized."

Cryptotis berlandieri observed in Matamoros, Tamaulipas, México, by Jose Alberto Desilos Resendiz.

External measurements

Length measurements are in millimeters (mm) and weight measurements are in grams (g), unless stated otherwise. If available, the sample size (n=) is provided. If a range is not provided and n= is not given, then the listed measurement represents an average.

Part of range Reference Total length Tail length Hindfoot length Ear length Mass
Texas and Mexico (Rio Grande area) Choate (1970); compiled by Whitaker Jr. (1974) 80.3 11.8


Skull

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Similar species

From Woodman (2018): "Cryptotis berlandieri in Texas and northern Tamaulipas average larger than C. parvus from the central Great Plains."

References

Baird SF. 1857. Reports of explorations and surveys, to ascertain the most practicable and economical route for a railroad from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean. Volume 8: General Report upon the Zoology of the Several Pacific Railroad Routes. Part 1: Mammals. Washington, D.C.: A. O. P. Nicholson.

Woodman N. 2018. American Recent Eulipotyphla: nesophontids, solenodons, moles, and shrews in the New World. Washington D.C. (USA): Smithsonian Institution Scholarly Press. https://doi.org/10.5479/si.1943-6696.650.

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