small-eared shrew
Cryptotis latin

The Nelson's small-eared shrew ( Cryptotis nelsoni ) is named after the man who first discovered it.

In 1894, an handful of specimens of the Nelson's small-eared shrew were collected in southern Mexico.

The tropical small-eared shrew (Cryptotis tropicalis) is a very small mammal of the family Soricidae.

Mexican small-eared shrew (Cryptotis mexicana)

Wandering small-eared shrew (Cryptotis montivaga)

Tropical small-eared shrew (Cryptotis tropicalis)

Colombian small-eared shrew (Cryptotis colombiana)

Genus Cryptotis (small-eared shrews)

The Merida small-eared shrews feed primarily on invertebrates, such as earthworms, insects, spiders, centipedes and snails.

Peruvian small-eared shrew (Cryptotis peruviensis)

Grizzled small-eared shrew (Cryptotis obscura)

Honduran small-eared shrew (Cryptotis hondurensis)

Yucatan small-eared shrew (Cryptotis mayensis)

Blackish small-eared shrew (Cryptotis nigrescens)

Ecuadorean small-eared shrew (Cryptotis equatoris)

Thomas' small-eared shrew (Cryptotis thomasi)

Medellín small-eared shrew (Cryptotis medellinia)

Merida small-eared shrew (Cryptotis meridensis)

Tamá small-eared shrew (Cryptotis tamensis)

Talamancan small-eared shrew (Cryptotis gracilis)

Darién small-eared shrew (Cryptotis mera)

Scaly-footed small-eared shrew (Cryptotis squamipes)

Nelson's small-eared shrew (Cryptotis nelsoni)

Phillips' small-eared shrew (Cryptotis phillipsii)

The grizzled Mexican small-eared shrew (Cryptotis obscura) is a small mammal in the order Eulipotyphla.

"We have reviewed [all the] papers about Cryptotis.

Cryptotis squamipes.

Cryptotis nigrescens.

From Adeloblarina, two genera, Blarina and Cryptotis, diverged during the Pliocene.

Genus Cryptotis (small-eared shrews)

The genus Cryptotis is a group of relatively small shrews with short ears, which are usually not visible, and short tails, commonly called small-eared shrews.

Fossil shrews from Honduras and their significance for late glacial evolution in body size (Mammalia: Soricidae: Cryptotis).

The North American least shrew species, Cryptotis parva, then arose from the Cryptotis genus.

Morphological variation between Pleistocene and Recent samples of Cryptotis (Insectivora: Soricidae) from the Yucatán Peninsula, Mexico.

The genera Myosorex, Feroculus, Scutisorex, Suncus, Sylvisorex, Ruwenzorisorex, Cryptotis, Neomys, Soriculus, and Episoriculus have four upper unicuspids.

However, the C. goodwini can also be found in pine, oak, cypress, fir forests.They like other shrews in the Cryptotis genus tend to live a fossorial lifestyle burrowing in the ground for both food and shelter.