Cryptotis perijensis, Quiroga-Carmona & Woodman, 2015, Quiroga-Carmona & Woodman, 2015

Russell A. Mittermeier & Don E. Wilson, 2018, Soricidae, Handbook of the Mammals of the World – Volume 8 Insectivores, Sloths and Colugos, Barcelona: Lynx Edicions, pp. 332-551 : 439

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https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.6870843

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6869852

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scientific name

Cryptotis perijensis
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Perija Small-eared Shrew

Cryplotis perijensis

French: Musaraigne de la Perija / German: Perija-Kleinohrspitzmaus / Spanish: Musarana de orejas pequenas de Perija

Other common names: Perija Shrew

Taxonomy. Cryptotis perijensis Quiroga-Carmona & Woodman, 2015 ,

“ near Finca el Suspiro, Departamento del Cesar , Colombia, 2,000 m (10°21’N, 72°57'W).” GoogleMaps

Cryptotis perijensis is in the C. thomasi group based on morphology, but genetic data are needed to validate this. Monotypic.

Distribution. N half of the Sierra de Perija in NE Colombia and NW Venezuela. View Figure

Descriptive notes. Head—body 68 mm,tail 36 mm, hindfoot 14 mm. No specific data are available for body weight. The Perija Small-eared Shrew is medium-sized. Dorsum is dark gray, with lead gray luster, and venter is slightly paler. Forefeet are somewhat enlarged and robust, with long pointed claws. Tail is long (53% of head-body length), unicolored brownish, and covered with short hairs. Eyes are diminutive, and ears are small and hidden under fur. Zygomatic plate is narrow, interorbital region is broad, and posterior palate is broad. Fourth unicuspid is not in line with unicuspid row and is large, being easily visible in lateral view of skull. Teeth are reddish, and there are four unicuspids.

Habitat. Paramo/subparamo at elevations of 2000-3200 m. The Perija Small-eared Shrew is probably found in cloud forests at higher elevations.

Food and Feeding. No information.

Breeding. No information.

Activity patterns. No information.

Movements, Home range and Social organization. No information.

Status and Conservation. Not assessed on The IUCN Red List. The Perija Small-eared Shrew is currently only known from three specimens: a damaged skull from Colombia collected in 1989, a specimen from Colombia collected in 2006, and a specimen from Venezuela collected in 2009. It has a restricted distribution and seems relatively rare; its ecology is virtually unknown, so additional research is needed.

Bibliography. Quiroga-Carmona & DoNascimiento (2016), Quiroga-Carmona & Woodman (2015).

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Mammalia

Order

Soricomorpha

Family

Soricidae

Genus

Cryptotis

Loc

Cryptotis perijensis

Russell A. Mittermeier & Don E. Wilson 2018
2018
Loc

Cryptotis perijensis

Quiroga-Carmona & Woodman 2015
2015
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