| Abstract: | Populations of small-eared shrews inhabiting the northern Cordillera Oriental of Colombia and adjoining Venezuelan highlands in the vicinity of Paramo de Tama have been referred alternatively to Cryptotis thomssi or Cryptotis meridensis. Morphological and morphometrical study of this population indicates that it belongs to neither taxon, but represents a distinct, previously unrecognized species. I describe this new species as Cryptotis tamensis and redescribe C. meridensis. Recognition of the population at Paramo de Tama as a separate taxon calls into question the identities of populations of shrews currently represented only by single specimens from Cerro Pintado in the Sierra de Perija, Colombia, and near El Junquito in the coastal highlands of Venezuela. |
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| ProdID: | 5224157 |
| Citation Author: | Woodman, N. |
| Citation Contributing Office: | Patuxent Wildlife Research Center |
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| Citation Larger Work Title: | Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington |
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| Citation Search Results Text: | A new species of small-eared shrew from Colombia and Venezuela (Mammalia: Soricomorpha: Soricidae: Genus Cryptotis); 2002; Article; Journal; Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington; Woodman, N. |
| Citation Start Page: | 249 |
| Citation Volume: | 115 |
| Citation Year: | 2002 |
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| Text: | A new species of small-eared shrew from Colombia and Venezuela (Mammalia: Soricomorpha: Soricidae: Genus Cryptotis); 2002; Article; Journal; Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington; Woodman, N. |
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| Date Other: | Wed, 16 Jun 2010 12:18 -0500 |
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