Cryptotis brachyonyx, Woodman, 2003
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Eastern Cordillera Small-eared Shrew
Cryptotis brachyonyx View in CoL
French: Musaraigne a griffes courtes / German: Ostliche Kordilleren-Kleinohrspitzmaus / Spanish: Musarafia de orejas pequenas de la Cordillera oriental
Other common names: Eastern Cordillera Small-footed Shrew, Short-clawed Colombian Shrew
Taxonomy. Cryptotis brachyonyx Woodman, 2003 View in CoL ,
“ COLOMBIA: Department of Cundinamarca: ‘ La Selva , near Bogota.”
Cryptotis brachyonyx is in the C. nigrescens group based on morphology and is probably closest to C. colombianus, although genetic data are needed to clarify its position. Monotypic.
Distribution. W slopes of the C portion of the E Andes Range (C Colombia). View Figure
Descriptive notes. There are no measurements available other than hindfoot at 12 mm. The Eastern Cordillera Small-eared Shrew is smallto medium-sized, with relatively short tail, short foreclaws, and small feet. Dorsum is dark brown, with gray-based and brown-tipped hairs. Venterisslightly lighter buffy brown, with gray-based hairs. Feet are small and slim with tiny claws, and dusky in color. Tail is relatively long, covered with short hair, and dark brown. Eyes are diminutive, and ears are small and barely visible under fur. Skull has narrow palate, minute postero-lingual cuspules of anterior three unicuspids, shallow to moderately
deep lower sigmoid notch of mandible, and minute (but present) entoconid of M°. Teeth are reddish, and there are four unicuspids.
Habitat. Probably pre-montane moist and wet forests, lower montane and montane moist forests, and montane wet forests on the Cordillera Oriental at elevations of c.1300-2715 m. Habitat in which the four known specimens of the Eastern Cordillera Small-eared Shrew were collected is uncertain.
Food and Feeding. No information.
Breeding. No information.
Activity patterns. No information.
Movements, Home range and Social organization. No information.
Status and Conservation. Classified as Data Deficient on The IUCN Red List. The Eastern Cordillera Small-eared Shrew is only known from four individuals in a restricted locality, and it is possibly extinct or exceptionally rare. Additional research is needed to investigate its ecology, taxonomy, and current distribution.
Bibliography. Hutterer (2005b), Woodman (2003, 2008a), Woodman & Péfaur (2008).
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