Central Mexican Broad-clawed Shrew

Central Mexican Broad-clawed Shrew
Central Mexican Broad-clawed Shrew
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Soricomorpha
Family: Soricidae
Genus: Cryptotis
Species: C. alticola
Binomial name
Cryptotis alticola
(Merriam, 1895)
Central Mexican Broad-clawed Shrew range

The Central Mexican Broad-clawed Shrew (Cryptotis alticola [2]) is a species of mammal in the Soricidae family. It is found in the highlands above 2000 m in the Mexican states of Colima, Hidalgo, Jalisco, Michoacán, Mexico, and Puebla, Morelos, and in the Mexican Federal District

Type Locality: Mexico, Volcán Popocatépetl, 11,500 ft. (3505 m).

References

  1. ^ "Cryptotis alticola". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2009.1. International Union for Conservation of Nature. 2008. http://www.iucnredlist.org/apps/redlist/details/136789. Retrieved 3 September 2009. 
  2. ^ "Cryptotis alticola". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. http://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=709773. Retrieved October 20, 2007. 
  • Don E. Wilson & DeeAnn M. Reeder (editors). 2005. Cryptotis alticola. Mammal Species of the World. A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed), Johns Hopkins University Press, 2,142 pp. (Available from Johns Hopkins University Press, 1-800-537-5487 or (410) 516-6900, or at http://www.press.jhu.edu).