Editing Cryptotis

{{Short description|Genus of mammals}}
{{Automatic taxobox
| name = Small-eared shrews<ref name=msw3>{{MSW3 Soricomorpha | id = 13700362 | pages = 270-274 | heading = Genus ''Cryptotis''}}</ref>
| fossil_range = Late [[Miocene]] to Recent
| image = Shrew1opt.jpg
| image_caption = [[North American least shrew]] (''Cryptotis parva'')
| display_parents = 2
| taxon = Cryptotis
| authority = [[Auguste Pomel|Pomel]], 1848
| type_species = ''[[Cryptotis parva|Sorex cinereus]]'' <ref>{{MSW3|id=13700362}}</ref>
| subdivision_ranks = Species
| subdivision = See text
}}

The [[genus]] '''''Cryptotis''''' is a group of relatively small [[Shrew (animal)|shrew]]s with short ears, which are usually not visible, and short tails, commonly called '''small-eared shrews'''. They have 30 teeth and are members of the [[red-toothed shrew]] subfamily. Since 1992, Neal Woodman (in cooperation with Robert Timm) at the United States National Museum has been in the process of revising the genus. To date, this has resulted in an increase in the number of species from 12 to 30.

Members of the genus are found mainly in [[Central America]]; the [[North American least shrew]], ''C. parva'', is the only species found north of [[Mexico]]. The genus occurs as far south as northern [[Peru]] and as far east as western [[Venezuela]] in [[South America]]. It is the only soricomorph genus found south of [[Guatemala]]. The [[List of mammals of South America#Order: Eulipotyphla (shrews, hedgehogs, moles, and solenodons)|limited diversity]] and restricted northern distribution of shrews in South America implies that the group entered the continent relatively recently from [[Central America]], where they are [[List of mammals of Central America#Order: Soricomorpha (shrews, moles, and solenodons)|more diverse]], presumably as part of the [[Great American Interchange]]. However, shrews have no fossil record in South America that would allow their arrival to be dated.

==List of species==
* '''Genus ''Cryptotis'''''<ref name=msw3/><ref>{{ITIS | id = 179970 | taxon = ''Cryptotis'' | access-date = October 6, 2007 }}</ref><ref>{{cite mdd |genus=Cryptotis}}</ref>
** ''C. mexicana'' group
*** [[Mexican small-eared shrew]] (''Cryptotis mexicana'')
*** [[Nelson's small-eared shrew]] (''Cryptotis nelsoni'')
*** [[Grizzled small-eared shrew]] (''Cryptotis obscura'')
*** [[Phillips's small-eared shrew]] (''Cryptotis phillipsii'')
** ''C. goldmani'' group
*** [[Central Mexican broad-clawed shrew]] (''Cryptotis alticola'')
*** [[Goldman's broad-clawed shrew]] (''Cryptotis goldmani'')
*** [[Goodwin's broad-clawed shrew]] (''Cryptotis goodwini'')
*** [[Guatemalan broad-clawed shrew]] (''Cryptotis griseoventris'')
*** ''[[Cryptotis lacertosus]]''<ref name = "Woodman">{{Cite journal
  | last = Woodman  | first = Neal | title = Two new species of shrews (Soricidae) from the western highlands of Guatemala
  | journal = [[Journal of Mammalogy]] | volume = 91 | issue = 3 | pages = 566–579 | publisher = [[American Society of Mammalogists]]
  | date = June 2010 | doi = 10.1644/09-MAMM-A-346.1 | doi-access = free}}</ref>
*** ''[[Cryptotis mam]]''<ref name = "Woodman"/>
*** [[Yalijux shrew]] (''Cryptotis oreoryctes'')
*** [[Oaxacan broad-clawed shrew]] (''Cryptotis peregrina'')
** ''C. nigrescens'' group
*** [[Eastern Cordillera small-footed shrew]] (''Cryptotis brachyonyx'')
*** [[Colombian small-eared shrew]] (''Cryptotis colombiana'')
*** [[Honduran small-eared shrew]] (''Cryptotis hondurensis'')
*** [[Yucatan small-eared shrew]] (''Cryptotis mayensis'')
*** [[Darién small-eared shrew]] (''Cryptotis mera'')
*** [[Merriam's small-eared shrew]] (''Cryptotis merriami'')<!-- FieldianaGeolNS51:1. -->
*** [[Blackish small-eared shrew]] (''Cryptotis nigrescens'')
** ''C. thomasi'' group
*** [[Southern Colombian small-eared shrew]] (''Cryptotis andinus'')<ref name=Woodman-2023>{{cite journal |first1=Neal |last1=Woodman |year=2023 |title=Two New Species of Small-Eared Shrews of the Genus ''Cryptotis'' Pomel, 1848, from the Colombian Andes (Mammalia: Eulipotyphla: Soricidae) |journal=Annals of Carnegie Museum |volume=88 |issue=3 |pages=203–234 |url=https://bioone.org/journals/annals-of-carnegie-museum/volume-88/issue-3/007.088.0303/Two-New-Species-of-Small-Eared-Shrews-of-the-Genus/10.2992/007.088.0303.full |doi=10.2992/007.088.0303|s2cid=265607736 |url-access=subscription }}</ref>{{rp|215}}
*** ''[[Cryptotis aroensis]]'' <!-- Zootaxa 3441 -->
*** [[Ecuadorean small-eared shrew]] (''Cryptotis equatoris'')
*** [[Rainer's small-eared shrew]] (''Cryptotis huttereri'')<ref name=Woodman-2023/>{{rp|206}}
*** [[Medellín small-eared shrew]] (''Cryptotis medellinia'')
*** [[Merida small-eared shrew]] (''Cryptotis meridensis'')
*** [[Wandering small-eared shrew]] (''Cryptotis montivaga'')
*** [[Peruvian small-eared shrew]] (''Cryptotis peruviensis'')
*** [[Scaly-footed small-eared shrew]] (''Cryptotis squamipes'')
*** [[Tamá small-eared shrew]] (''Cryptotis tamensis'')
*** [[Thomas's small-eared shrew]] (''Cryptotis thomasi'')
** ''C. parva'' group
*** [[Central American least shrew]] (''Cryptotis orophila'')<!-- FieldianaGeolNS51:1. -->
*** [[North American least shrew]] (''Cryptotis parva'')
*** [[Tropical small-eared shrew]] (''Cryptotis tropicalis'')
** ungrouped/relict
*** [[Enders's small-eared shrew]] (''Cryptotis endersi'')
*** [[Talamancan small-eared shrew]] (''Cryptotis gracilis'')
*** [[Big Mexican small-eared shrew]] (''Cryptotis magna'')

==References==
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