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Cryptotis avia G M Allen 1923

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Scientific name: Cryptotis avia
Author: G M Allen 1923
Rank: Species
Status: invalid
See: ► Cryptotis thomasi Merriam 1897

Images of Cryptotis avia

Common names:
Andean Small-eared Shrew (English)
Andean small-eared shrew


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(*) Retrieved [February, 2, 2021], from the Integrated Taxonomic Information System on-line database, http://www.itis.gov

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1) Cryptotis alticola Merriam 1895 2) Cryptotis avia G M Allen 1923 3) Cryptotis brachyonyx Woodman 2003 4) Cryptotis colombiana Woodman and Timm 1993 5) Cryptotis endersi Setzer 1950 6) Cryptotis equatoris Thomas 1912 7) Cryptotis goldmani goldmani Merriam 1895 8) Cryptotis goldmani machetes Merriam 1895 9) Cryptotis goldmani Merriam 1895 10) Cryptotis goodwini Jackson 1933 11) Cryptotis gracilis Miller 1911 12) Cryptotis griseoventris Jackson 1933 13) Cryptotis hondurensis Woodman and Timm 1992 14) Cryptotis magna Merriam 1895 15) Cryptotis mayensis Merriam 1901 16) Cryptotis medellinia Thomas 1921 17) Cryptotis mera Goldman 1912 18) Cryptotis meridensis Thomas 1898 19) Cryptotis merriami Choate 1970 20) Cryptotis mexicana Coues 1877 21) Cryptotis montivaga Anthony 1921 22) Cryptotis nelsoni Merriam 1895 23) Cryptotis nigrescens J A Allen 1895 24) Cryptotis obscura Merriam 1895 25) Cryptotis orophila J A Allen 1895 26) Cryptotis parva berlandieri Baird 1858 27) Cryptotis parva floridana Merriam 1895 28) Cryptotis parva orophila J A Allen 1895 29) Cryptotis parva parva Say 1823 30) Cryptotis parva pueblensis Jackson 1933 31) Cryptotis parva Say 1823 32) Cryptotis parva soricina Merriam 1895 33) Cryptotis parva tropicalis Merriam 1895 34) Cryptotis peregrina Merriam 1895 35) Cryptotis peruviensis Vivar Pacheco and Valqui 1997 36) Cryptotis phillipsii Schaldach 1966 37) Cryptotis squamipes J A Allen 1912 38) Cryptotis tamensis Woodman 2002 39) Cryptotis thomasi Merriam 1897 40) Cryptotis tropicalis Merriam 1895

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Select a common name (Cryptotis):

1) (no name) 2) Andean Small-eared Shrew (Cryptotis avia) 3) Big Small-eared Shrew (Cryptotis magna) 4) Blackish Small-eared Shrew (Cryptotis nigrescens) 5) Central American Least Shrew (Cryptotis orophila) 6) Central Mexican Broad-clawed Shrew (Cryptotis alticola) 7) Colombian Small-eared Shrew (Cryptotis colombiana) 8) Darién Small-eared Shrew (Cryptotis mera) 9) Eastern Cordillera Small-footed Shrew (Cryptotis brachyonyx) 10) Ecuadorean Small-eared Shrew (Cryptotis equatoris) 11) Grizzled Mexican Small-eared Shrew (Cryptotis obscura) 12) Guatemalan Broad-clawed Shrew (Cryptotis griseoventris) 13) Honduran Small-eared Shrew (Cryptotis hondurensis) 14) Medellín Small-eared Shrew (Cryptotis medellinia) 15) Merida Small-eared Shrew (Cryptotis meridensis) 16) Mexican Small-eared Shrew (Cryptotis mexicana) 17) North American Least Shrew (Cryptotis parva) 18) Oaxacan Broad-clawed Shrew (Cryptotis peregrina) 19) Peruvian Small-eared Shrew (Cryptotis peruviensis) 20) Scaly-footed Small-eared Shrew (Cryptotis squamipes) 21) Talamancan Small-eared Shrew (Cryptotis gracilis) 22) Tamá Small-eared Shrew (Cryptotis tamensis) 23) Tropical Small-eared Shrew (Cryptotis tropicalis) 24) Yucatan Small-eared Shrew (Cryptotis mayensis)

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