Interesting Facts
Common Names
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Common Names in English:
American Least Shrew, Bee Shrew, Least Shrew, Little Short-Tailed Shrew, North American Least Shrew, Small Short-Tailed Shrew
Common Names in Russian:
Землеройка малая короткоухая
Taxonomy
- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Animalia
()
- C. Linnaeus, 1758
- animals
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
()
- (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
()
- Grobben, 1908
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
()
- (Haeckel, 1874) Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Phylum:
Chordata
()
- Bateson, 1885
- Chordates
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
()
- Cuvier, 1812
- Vertebrates
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
()
- auct.
- Jawed Vertebrates
- Superclass:
Tetrapoda
()
- Goodrich, 1930
- Class:
Mammalia
()
- C. Linnaeus, 1758
- Subclass:
Theriiformes
()
- (Rowe, 1988) M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997
- Infraclass:
Holotheria
()
- (Wible et al., 1995) M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997
- Superlegion:
Trechnotheria
()
- McKenna, 1975
- Legion:
Cladotheria
()
- McKenna, 1975
- Sublegion:
Zatheria
()
- McKenna, 1975
- Infralegion:
Tribosphenida
()
- (McKenna, 1975) M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997
- Supercohort:
Theria
()
- (Parker & Haswell, 1897) M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997
- Cohort:
Placentalia
()
- (Owen, 1837) M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997
- Magnorder:
Epitheria
()
- (Mckenna, 1975) M.c. Mckenna & S.k. Bell, 1997
- Superorder:
Preptotheria
()
- (McKenna, 1975) McKenna, in Stucky & McKenna, in Benton, ed., 1993
- Grandorder:
Lipotyphla
()
- (Haeckel, 1866) McKenna, 1975
- Order:
Eulipotyphla
()
- (Gregory, 1910) McKenna, 1975
- Superfamily:
Soricoidea
()
- (Fischer de Waldheim, 1817) Gill, 1872
- Superfamily:
Soricoidea
(
- Order:
Eulipotyphla
(
- Grandorder:
Lipotyphla
(
- Superorder:
Preptotheria
(
- Magnorder:
Epitheria
(
- Cohort:
Placentalia
(
- Supercohort:
Theria
(
- Infralegion:
Tribosphenida
(
- Sublegion:
Zatheria
(
- Legion:
Cladotheria
(
- Superlegion:
Trechnotheria
(
- Infraclass:
Holotheria
(
- Subclass:
Theriiformes
(
- Class:
Mammalia
(
- Superclass:
Tetrapoda
(
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
(
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
(
- Phylum:
Chordata
(
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
(
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
(
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
(
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
Synonyms
Cryptotis parva (Say
Similar Species
Members of the genus Cryptotis
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 33 species and subspecies in this genus:
C. alticola (Central Mexican Broad-Clawed Shrew) · C. avia (Colombian Small-Eared Shrew) · C. brachyonyx (Eastern Cordillera Small-Footed Shrew) · C. colombiana (Colombian Small-Eared Shrew) · C. endersi (Ender's Small-Eared Shrew) · C. equatoris (Ecuadorean Small-Eared Shrew) · C. goldmani (Goldman's Broad-Clawed Shrew) · C. goodwini (Goodwin's Broad-Clawed Shrew) · C. gracilis (Talamancan Small Eared Shrew) · C. griseoventris (Guatemalan Broad-Clawed Shrew) · C. hondurensis (Honduran Small Eared Shrew) · C. magna (Big Mexican Small-Eared Shrew) · C. mayensis (Yucatan Small-Eared Shrew) · C. medellinia (Medellín Small-Eared Shrew) · C. mera (Darién Small-Eared Shrew) · C. meridensis (Merida Small-Eared Shrew) · C. merriami (Merriam's Small-Eared Shrew) · C. mexicana (Mexican Small-Eared Shrew) · C. mexicana mexicana (Mexican Small-Eared Shrew) · C. montivaga (Ecuadorean Small-Eared Shrew) · C. nelsoni (Nelson's Small Eared Shrew) · C. nigrescens (Blackish Small-Eared Shrew) · C. obscura (Grizzled Mexican Small-Eared Shrew) · C. orophila (Central American Least Shrew) · C. parva (North American Least Shrew) · C. parva parva (North American Least Shrew) · C. peregrina (Oaxacan Broad-Clawed Shrew) · C. peruviensis (Peruvian Small-Eared Shrew) · C. phillipsii (Phillip's Small-Eared Shrew) · C. squamipes (Western Colombian Small-Eared Shrew) · C. tamensis (Tamá Small-Eared Shrew) · C. thomasi (Thomas's Small-Eared Shrew) · C. tropicalis (Tropical Small-Eared Shrew)
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Further Reading
- Fieldbook of Illinois mammals / Donald F. Hoffmeister, Carl O. Mohr. Urbana: Natural History Survey Division, 1957. url p. 63, p. 63.
- Geographic variation and evolutionary relationships among broad-clawed shrews of the Cryptotis goldmani-group (Mammalia, Insectivora, Soricidae) / Neal Woodman, Robert M. Timm. 91 1999 [Chicago, Ill.]: Field Museum of Natural History, c1999. url p. 23, p. 35, p. iv.
- Handbook of mammals of Kansas / by E. Raymond Hall. 1955 Lawrence, Kansas: Museum of Natural History, University of Kansas, 1955. url fig. 3, page 18.
- Monograph of the Museum of Natural History, the University of Kansas. Lawrence, Kan.: The Museum. url p. 405, p. 52.
- North American fauna. Washington: Fish and Wildlife Service; for sale by the Supt. of Docs., U. S. Govt. Print. Off. url , p. 189, p. 33, p. 34.
- Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington. Washington, Biological Society of Washington url p. 341, p. 67.
- Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington. Washington, etc.: Entomological Society of Washington url p. 426, p. 430.
- The University of Kansas science bulletin. 29 1943 [Lawrence]: University of Kansas, 1902-1996. url p. 255.
- The uniqueness of the individual. New York, Basic Books[1957] url p. 110.
- University of Kansas publications, Museum of Natural History. 16 1964 Lawrence, University of Kansas. url p. 340, p. 388, p. 41, fig. 7, page 44, p. 45, p. 46, p. 47, p. 68, fig. 8, page 71, p. 72.
Notes
Contributors
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 9, 2012.
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed March 18, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 7 providers.
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 6383351
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 13907903
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 638400
