| Tropical small-eared shrew[1] | |
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Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Eulipotyphla |
| Family: | Soricidae |
| Genus: | Cryptotis |
| Species: | C. tropicalis |
| Binomial name | |
| Cryptotis tropicalis (Merriam, 1895) | |
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| Tropical small-eared shrew range | |
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Thetropical small-eared shrew (Cryptotis tropicalis) is a very smallmammal of the familySoricidae. The species is found in the eastern highlands of theMexican state ofChiapas and parts ofBelize andGuatemala. Until recently, it was considered a subspecies of theNorth American least shrew (C. parva), but it has gained species status. Its relationship with theCentral American least shrew (C. orophila) remains to be studied.
| Cryptotis tropicalis | |
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