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Cryptotis parva (North American least shrew)

Mammalia - Soricidae

Taxonomy
Sorex parvus was named by Say (1823). It is extant.

It was recombined as Cryptotis parva by Pomel (1848), Hay (1930), Repenning (1967), Dalquest and Roth (1970), Kurten and Anderson (1980) and George (1986).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1823Sorex parvus Say
1848Cryptotis parva Pomel
1930Cryptotis parva Hay p. 442
1967Cryptotis parva Repenning
1970Cryptotis parva Dalquest and Roth p. 221
1980Cryptotis parva Kurten and Anderson p. 111
1986Cryptotis parva George p. 158

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
RankNameAuthor
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
—Theriiformes()
—Trechnotheria
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—Laurasiatheria
—Eulipotyphla
suborderSoricomorphaGregory 1910
familySoricidaeFischer 1814
subfamilySoricinaeFischer von Waldheim 1817
tribeBlarininiKretzoi 1965
genusCryptotisPomel 1848
speciesparva(Say 1823)

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Cryptotis parva Say 1823 [North American least shrew]
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmean

Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingf
Diet: omnivoref
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-06-08 10:11:09
Modified: 2005-08-22 18:40:24
Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Lillegraven 1979, Nowak 1991, Carroll 1988, Ji et al. 2002, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Gelasian to the top of the Holocene or 2.58800 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (32 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Gelasian2.588 - 1.806USA (Florida) Cryptotis parva (20384)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781USA (Florida) Cryptotis parva (98313)
Irvingtonian1.8 - 0.3USA (Texas) Cryptotis parva (20318 20451 20560)
Irvingtonian1.8 - 0.3USA (Kansas) Cryptotis parva (20390 20422 20423)
Irvingtonian1.8 - 0.3USA (Florida) Cryptotis parva (20289 20350 20385)
Rancholabrean0.3 - 0.012USA (Florida) Cryptotis parva (20491 195112)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Cryptotis parva (154805)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Mexico (Tamaulipas) Cryptotis parva (71264)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (West Virginia) Cryptotis parva (123868)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Virginia) Cryptotis parva (82258)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (late glacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Cryptotis parva (154722)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (high glacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Texas) Cryptotis parva (93103)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Cryptotis parva (20573 20595 20634 20650)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (late glacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (New Mexico) Cryptotis parva (93139)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (glacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Cryptotis parva (20598)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (New Mexico) Cryptotis parva (93140)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.129 - 0.0Mexico (Chihuahua) Cryptotis parva (71263)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.129 - 0.0USA (Missouri) Cryptotis parva (63564 63565 63566 63570)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0USA (Tennessee) Cryptotis parva (63428)