| Abstract: | Cryptotis colombiana Woodman & Timm, 1993 previously was known from few specimens from two isolated regions in the Cordillera Central and Cordillera Oriental of Colombia. Recent collecting in the northern Cordillera Central and review of older collections from the central Cordillera Oriental in the vicinity of Bogota yielded additional specimens that permit reevaluation of the two geographic populations of these small-eared shrews. Morphological and morphometrical studies indicate that the population inhabiting the Cordillera Oriental represents a distinct, previously unrecognized species that I describe herein as Cryptotis brachyonyx. Study of 54 specimens of shrews from the Cordillera Oriental in systematic collections in North America, South America, and Europe yielded only four specimens of the new species, all collected before 1926. The paucity of modern specimens suggests that C. brachyonyx may be extremely restricted in distribution, or possibly extinct. |
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| ProdID: | 5224285 |
| 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 small-eared shrew of the Cryptotis nigrescens-group from Colombia (Mammalia: Soricomorpha: Soricidae); 2003; Article; Journal; Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington ; Woodman, N. |
| Citation Start Page: | 853 |
| Citation Volume: | 116 |
| Citation Year: | 2003 |
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| Text: | A new small-eared shrew of the Cryptotis nigrescens-group from Colombia (Mammalia: Soricomorpha: Soricidae); 2003; 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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