Yucatan small-eared shrew
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Yucatan small-eared shrew | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Eulipotyphla |
Family: | Soricidae |
Genus: | Cryptotis |
Species: | C. mayensis |
Binomial name | |
Cryptotis mayensis (Merriam, 1901) | |
Yucatan small-eared shrew range |
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The Yucatan small-eared shrew (Cryptotis mayensis) is a species of mammal in the family Soricidae. It is mainly known from lowlands of Guatemala, Belize and Mexico's Yucatán Peninsula,[2] where it has been found in dry scrubland and tropical dry forest at elevations below 100 m.[1] It is threatened by deforestation.[1]