Cryptotis phillipsii (Schaldach, 1966)
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Phillips’s Small-eared Shrew
Cryptotis phillipsii View in CoL
French: Musaraigne de Phillips / German: Phillips-Kleinohrspitzmaus / Spanish: Musarana de orejas pequenas de Phillips
Other common names: Phillips's Shrew
Taxonomy. Notiosorex (Xenosorex) phillipsii Schaldach, 1966 ,
“ Rio Molino , 3 kilom- eters SW. San Miguel Suchixtepec, alti- tude 2250 m, southern Oaxaca, México.” Restricted by L. N. Carraway in 2007 to “latitude 16-06°N, longitude 96-49°W.” GoogleMaps
L. Guevara and F. A. Cervantes in 2014 found that C. phillipsic was included in the C. mexicanus group with C. mexicanus, C. nelsoni , C. obscurus , and C. magnus and sister to C. magnus. Cryptotis phillipsii was
included in C. mexicanus by J. R. Choate in 1970 and E. R. Hall in 1981 but was recognized as a distinct species by N. Woodman and R. M. Timm in 2000. Monotypic.
Distribution. Sierra de Miahuatlan, SC Oaxaca (SC Mexico). View Figure
Descriptive notes. Head-body 58-78 mm, tail 23-36 mm, hindfoot 11 mm; weight 6-5-10 g. Phillips’s Small-eared Shrew is small to medium-sized. Dorsum is dark gray, washed with silver, giving a frosted appearance. Venter is slightly lighter silvery gray, being completely silver on distal one-fourth of venter. Tail is relatively long (c.45% head-body length), covered with short hair, and slightly bicolored, being dark gray above. Eyes are diminutive, and ears are small and barely visible under fur. I' has two denticles and deep interdenticular spaces, and zygomatic processes extend posteriorly and ventro-laterally to below occlusal surface of teeth and are sharply pointed. Fourth unicuspid is very small and absent in some individuals, being obscured in lateral view of skull. Teeth are reddish, and there are four (or three) unicuspids.
Habitat. Moist humid cloud forests at elevations of 1060-2600 m.
Food and Feeding. Phillips’s Small-eared Shrew is insectivorous.
Breeding. No information.
Activity patterns. No information.
Movements, Home range and Social organization. No information.
Status and Conservation. Classified as Vulnerable on The IUCN Red List. Phillips’s Small-eared Shrew has a restricted distribution, and at lower elevations,it is threatened by overgrazing and deforestation.
Bibliography. Baird et al. (2018), Carraway (2007), Ceballos & Arroyo-Cabrales (2014c), Choate (1970), Guevara & Cervantes (2014), Hall (1981), Hutterer (2005b), Woodman & Timm (2000), Woodman, Alvarez-Castafieda et al. (2008).
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