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The Zoochat Photographic Guide to the Eulipotyphla

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    This thread will cover the Eulipotyphla, a clade of largely-insectivorous mammals which is located in a basal position within the larger Laurasiatheria, and which contains the majority of those species formerly classified within the Insectivora.

    This latter group - now recognised as a polyphyletic grouping acting as a de-facto wastebasket grouping of superficially-similar mammalian clades filling a variety of niches - was regarded as comprising the following extant families:

    Erinaceidae - Hedgehogs and Gymnures
    Soricidae - Shrews
    Talpidae - Moles, Shrew-moles and Desmans
    Solenodontidae - Solenodons
    Chrysochloridae - Golden Moles
    Tenrecidae - Tenrecs
    Potamogalidae - Otter Shrews
    Macroscelididae - Sengis
    Tupaiidae - Treeshrews
    Ptilocercidae - Pen-tailed Treeshrew

    However, this grouping comprises three unrelated lineages; the first four families comprise the Eulipotyphla, the subject of this thread, whilst the following four represent a portion of the Afrotheria - and have therefore been covered in a previous thread discussing this clade - and the latter two are classified as close kin to the colugos, primates, rodents and lagomorphs, and will be covered alongside some of these in a later thread.

    Therefore, this thread will be restricted to a discussion of the Erinaceidae, Soricidae, Talpidae and Solenodontidae.

    It is worth noting that given how extremely speciose the shrews are, I will be handling that portion of this thread in a slightly different fashion to previous photographic guides written by myself; rather than listing the range and known subspecies of each species, along with noting whether or not they are represented within the Zoochat gallery, I shall handle matters in a style more akin to that found within the rodent guides written by @Chlidonias wherein this information is only listed for those species which are illustrated, and remaining species are listed afterward.

    Moreover, for this group alone I will relax my standing rule about only using images of living individuals.
     
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    EULIPOTYPHLA



    This order comprises four extant families:

    ERINACEIIDAE - Hedgehogs and Gymnures (26 species within 10 genera)

    SORICIDAE - Shrews (448 species within 25 genera)

    TALPIDAE
    - Moles, Shrew-moles and Desmans (54 species within 18 genera)

    SOLENODONTIDAE
    - Solenodons (2 species within 2 genera)

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    ERINACEIIDAE


    This family contains 10 genera, as follows:


    Erinaceinae

    Erinaceus - Eurasian Hedgehogs (4 species)

    Atelerix - African Hedgehogs (4 species)

    Paraechinus - Desert Hedgehog and allies (4 species)

    Hemiechinus - Long-eared Hedgehogs (2 species)

    Mesechinus - East Asian Hedgehogs (4 species)


    Galericinae

    Hylomys - Short-tailed Gymnure and allies (3 species)

    Echinosorex - Moonrat (monotypic)

    Neotetracus - Shrew Gymnure (monotypic)

    Neohylomys - Hainan Gymnure (monotypic)

    Podogymnura - Mindanao and Dinagat Gymnures (2 species)
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    Erinaceus


    West European Hedgehog
    (Erinaceus europaeus)

    The range of this species extends throughout western Europe and immediately-adjacent regions of central Europe, from the British Isles and Iberian Peninsula in the west to the Czech Republic and western Poland in the east, and throughout southern Scandinavia into the northern Baltic States and northwest Russia.

    Monotypic.

    Photo by @TeaLovingDave

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    Northern White-breasted Hedgehog
    (Erinaceus roumanicus)

    The range of this species extends throughout central and eastern Europe into southwest Russia, the northern Caucasus and western Siberia to the east, and the Balkans to the south.

    Five subspecies are recognised:

    E. r. roumanicus
    - photo by @alexkant

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    E. r. bolkayi
    E. r. drozdovskii
    - photo by @devilfish

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    E. r. nesiotes
    E. r. pallidus
    - photo by @Fishapod

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    Southern White-breasted Hedgehog
    (Erinaceus concolor)

    The range of this species extends throughout Asia Minor into the Middle East and the Caucasus.

    Monotypic.

    Photo by @alexkant

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    Amur Hedgehog
    (Erinaceus amurensis)

    The range of this species extends throughout northeast China, the Russian Far East and the Korean Peninsula.

    Monotypic.

    Photo by @alexkant

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    Atelerix


    North African Hedgehog
    (Atelerix algirus)

    The range of this species extends throughout coastal North Africa, from northwest Morocco in the west to northeast Libya in the east, with populations introduced in antiquity extending north into the Mediterranean coastline of the Iberian Peninsula, the Balaeric Islands and Malta, and more recently-introduced populations extending west into the Canary Islands.

    Two subspecies are recognised:

    A. a. algirus
    - photo by @Giant Eland

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    A. a. girbaensis


    Four-toed Hedgehog
    (Atelerix albiventris)

    The range of this species extends throughout the Sahel of sub-Saharan Africa from Senegal in the west to Eritrea, Djibouti and western Somalia in the east, and south through eastern Africa to Malawi and eastern Zambia.

    Monotypic.

    Photo by @Giant Eland

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    Domestic individuals identified as this species represent hybrids between Four-toed and North African Hedgehog:

    Photo by @gentle lemur

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    Somali Hedgehog
    (Atelerix sclateri)

    Endemic to Somalia.

    Monotypic; no photographs of this species are present in the Zoochat gallery.


    Southern African Hedgehog
    (Atelerix frontalis)

    The range of this species represents a pair of disjunct populations in southern Africa; from eastern Botswana and west-central Zimbabwe in the north to south-central South Africa in the south; and from southwest Angola in the north to central Namibia in the south.

    Two subspecies are recognised:

    A. f. frontalis
    A. f. angolae


    Photo by @Giant Eland

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    Paraechinus


    Desert Hedgehog
    (Paraechinus aethiopicus)

    The range of this species extends patchily and in a highly-fragmented distribution throughout the Sahara Desert and adjacent regions of northern Africa, from Morocco and Mauritania in the west to Egypt, Sudan and Eritrea in the east, and throughout the deserts of the Middle East and Arabian Peninsula.

    Monotypic.

    Photo by @Giant Eland

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    Brandt's Hedgehog
    (Paraechinus hypomelas)

    The range of this species extends throughout western Central Asia from the Caspian Sea coastline of Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan in the north to Afghanistan and western Pakistan in the south, and west from here throughout Iran, with highly-fragmented disjunct populations extending into the Arabian Peninsula.

    Five subspecies are recognised:

    P. h. hypomelas
    - photo by @alexkant

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    P. h. blanfordii
    P. h. eversmanni
    - photo by @alexkant

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    P. h. sabaeus
    P. h. seniculus



    Indian Hedgehog
    (Paraechinus micropus)

    The range of this species is restricted to southeast Pakistan and adjacent areas of northwest India.

    Monotypic.

    Photo by @Maguari

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    Bare-bellied Hedgehog (Paraechinus nudiventris)

    The range of this species is restricted to southernmost India.

    Monotypic; no photographs of this species are present in the Zoochat gallery.
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    Hemiechinus


    Long-eared Hedgehog
    (Hemiechinus auritus)

    The range of this species extends throughout the eastern Mediterranean coastline of North Africa and the Middle East, through the Caucasus and southwest Russia into Central Asia and southern Siberia, from northeast Libya in the west to north-central China in the east.

    Three subspecies are recognised:

    H. a. auritus
    - photo by @Giant Eland

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    H. a. albulus
    - photo by @baboon

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    H. a. megalotis



    Indian Long-eared Hedgehog
    (Hemiechinus collaris)

    The range of this species extends throughout southeast Pakistan and adjacent northwest India, with disjunct populations present in northwest Pakistan and north-central India.

    Monotypic; no photographs of this species are present in the Zoochat gallery.
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    Mesechinus


    Wang's Forest Hedgehog
    (Mesechinus wangi)

    The range of this species is restricted to a small area of the Gaoligong National Nature Reserve in southern China.

    Monotypic; no photographs of this species are present in the Zoochat gallery.


    Small-toothed Forest Hedgehog
    (Mesechinus miodon)

    The range of this species is restricted to a small region of northern Shaanxi in north-central China.

    Monotypic; no photographs of this species are present in the Zoochat gallery.


    Daurian Hedgehog
    (Mesechinus dauuricus)

    The range of this species extends from southeast Siberia and the Russian Far East in the north, through central and eastern Mongolia and northeast China, to central China in the south.

    Monotypic; no photographs of this species are present in the Zoochat gallery.


    Hugh's Hedgehog
    (Mesechinus hughi)

    The range of this species extends patchily throughout central China.

    Monotypic.

    Photo by @GregOz

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    Hylomys


    Long-eared Gymnure
    (Hylomys megalotis)

    Known only from the type locality in Khammouan Province in central Laos.

    Monotypic; no photographs of this species are present in the Zoochat gallery.


    Dwarf Gymnure
    (Hylomys parvus)

    Endemic to the highlands of Mt Kerinci in west-central Sumatra.

    Monotypic; no photographs of this species are present in the Zoochat gallery.


    Short-tailed Gymnure
    (Hylomys suillus)

    The range of this species extends from southern China in the north, through Indochina and the Malay Peninsula, into the Greater Sundas in the south.

    Seven subspecies are recognised:

    H. s. suillus
    H. s. dorsalis
    H. s. maxi
    H. s. microtinus
    H. s. peguensis
    H. s. siamensis
    - photo by @Chlidonias

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    H. s. tionis

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    Echinosorex


    Moonrat
    (Echinosorex gymnurus)

    The range of this species extends throughout the Malay Peninsula, and south into Sumatra and Borneo.

    Two subspecies are recognised:

    E. g. gymnurus
    E. g. albus


    Photo by @twilighter (taxidermy specimen)

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    Neotetracus


    Shrew Gymnure
    (Neotetracus sinensis)

    The range of this species extends throughout south-central China, and into adjacent areas of northern Indochina.

    Monotypic; no photographs of this species are present in the Zoochat gallery.
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    Neohylomys


    Hainan Gymnure
    (Neohylomys hainanensis)

    Endemic to Hainan Island.

    Monotypic; no photographs of this species are present in the Zoochat gallery.
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    Podogymnura


    Mindanao Gymnure
    (Podogymnura truei)

    Endemic to Mindanao in the southern Philippines.

    Monotypic; no photographs of this species are present in the Zoochat gallery.


    Dinagat Gymnure
    (Podogymnura aureospinula)

    Endemic to Dinagat and Bucas Grande in the southern Philippines.

    Monotypic; no photographs of this species are present in the Zoochat gallery.
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    SORICIDAE


    This family contains 26 genera, as follows:


    Soricinae

    Sorex - Long-tailed Shrews (86 species)

    Cryptotis - Short-eared Shrews (49 species)

    Blarina - American Short-tailed Shrews (5 species)

    Blarinella - Asiatic Short-tailed Shrews (3 species)

    Anourosorex - Mole Shrews (4 species)

    Notiosorex - Gray Shrews (4 species)

    Megasorex - Mexican Shrew (monotypic)

    Episoriculus - Arboreal Brown-toothed Shrew and allies (8 species)

    Soriculus - Himalayan Shrew (monotypic)

    Chodsigoa - Pygmy Brown-toothed Shrew and allies (9 species)

    Chimarrogale - Asiatic Water Shrews (7 species)

    Nectogale - Elegant Water Shrew (monotypic)

    Neomys - Eurasian Water Shrews (3 species)


    Crocidurinae

    Palawanosorex - Palawan Moss Shrew (monotypic)

    Solisorex - Pearson's Long-tailed Shrew (monotypic)

    Feroculus - Kelaart's Long-clawed Shrew (monotypic)

    Suncus - Etruscan Shrew and allies (19 species)

    Ruwenzorisorex - Rwenzori Shrew (monotypic)

    Sylvisorex - African Forest Shrews (15 species)

    Scutisorex - Hero Shrews (2 species)

    Paracrocidura - Large-headed Shrews (3 species)

    Diplomesodon - Piebald Shrew (monotypic)

    Crocidura - White-toothed Shrews (198 species)


    Myosoricinae

    Surdisorex - Kenyan Mole Shrews (3 species)

    Congosorex - Congo Shrews (3 species)

    Myosorex - Mouse Shrews (19 species)
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    Sorex


    Alpine Shrew
    (Sorex alpinus)

    The range of this species extends patchily throughout much of the Alps and Carpathians, along with adjacent regions of Central Europe and the Balkans, from southeastern France in the west to central Romania in the east, and as far south as northern Albania.

    Three subspecies are recognised:

    S. a. alpinus
    S. a. hercynicus
    S. a. tatricus


    Photo by @vogelcommando (taxidermy specimen)

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    Eurasian Least Shrew
    (Sorex minutissimus)

    The range of this species extends throughout northern Eurasia, from northern Scandinavia and northwest Russia in the west to northern Japan, Sakhalin and Kamchatka in the east, and from here also into Alaska.

    Eleven subspecies are recognised; however, the exact status of populations in Mongolia, northern China, the Korean Peninsula and northern Japan is debated.

    S. m. minutissimus
    S. m. abnormis
    S. m. barabensis
    S. m. caudata
    S. m. karelicus
    S. m. neglectus
    S. m. stroganovi
    S. m. tscherskii
    S. m. tschuktschorum
    S. m. ussuriensis
    S. m. yukonicus


    Photo by @Giant Eland

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    Long-clawed Shrew
    (Sorex unguiculatus)

    The range of this species extends patchily from northeast China into the southern reaches of the Russian Far East, Sakhalin, and Hokkaido in northern Japan.

    Monotypic.

    Photo by @Giant Eland

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    Eurasian Common Shrew
    (Sorex araneus)

    The range of this species extends throughout much of northern Eurasia, from the British Isles and Scandinavia in the west, through central and eastern Europe into western Russia and Siberia, to southwest Yakutia in eastern Siberia in the east.

    Two subspecies are recognised:

    S. a. araneus
    - photo by @Giant Eland

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    S. a. tomensis


    Crowned Shrew
    (Sorex coronatus)

    The range of this species extends from northern Spain in the south to Belgium and the Netherlands in the north, and east into Switzerland and western Germany.

    Monotypic.

    Photo by @vogelcommando (taxidermy specimen)

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    Eurasian Pygmy Shrew (Sorex minutus)

    The range of this species extends throughout much of northern Eurasia, from the British Isles and northern Iberian Peninsula in the west, throughout Europe, western Russia and Siberia to southwest Yakutia in the east.

    Six subspecies are recognised:

    S. m. minutus
    - photo by @vogelcommando (taxidermy specimen)

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    S. m. becki
    S. m. carpetanus
    S. m. gymnurus
    S. m. heptapotamicus
    S. m. lucianus



    Rock Shrew
    (Sorex dispar)

    The range of this species extends throughout the Appalachians of eastern North America, from southeast Quebec and Nova Scotia in the north to western North Carolina and northeast Georgia in the south.

    Three subspecies are recognised:

    S. d. dispar
    - photo by @Giant Eland

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    S. d. blitchi
    S. d. gaspensis



    Smoky Shrew
    (Sorex fumeus)

    The range of this species extends throughout much of eastern North America, from southern Ontario, southern Quebec and Nova Scotia in the north to northwest South Carolina in the south.

    Two subspecies are recognised:

    S. f. funereus
    S. f. umbrosus
    - photo by @Giant Eland (taxidermy specimen)

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    Masked Shrew
    (Sorex cinereus)

    The range of this species extends throughout much of North America, from Alaska in the west to Nova Scotia and Newfoundland in the east, and south to north-central New Mexico in the west and northern Georgia in the east.

    Seven subspecies are recognised:

    S. c. cinereus
    - photo by @Giant Eland

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    S. c. hollisteri
    S. c. lesueurii
    S. c. miscix
    S. c. nigriculus
    S. c. ohionensis
    S. c. streatori



    American Pygmy Shrew
    (Sorex hoyi)

    The range of this species extends throughout much of North America, from Alaska in the west to Newfoundland in the east, and south to the Rocky Mountains of north-central Colorado in the west and northeast Georgia in the east.

    Six subspecies are recognised:

    S. h. hoyi
    S. h. alnorum
    S. h. eximius
    S. h. montanus
    S. h. thompsoni
    - photo by @Giant Eland

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    S. h. winnemana
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    The following species are not represented within the Zoochat gallery:

    Ussuri Shrew (Sorex mirabilis)
    Chinese Highland Shrew (Sorex excelsus)
    Greater Striped Shrew (Sorex cylindricauda)
    Lesser Striped Shrew (Sorex bedfordiae)
    Radde's Shrew (Sorex raddei)
    Flat-skulled Shrew (Sorex roboratus)
    Azumi Shrew (Sorex hosonoi)
    Slender Shrew (Sorex gracillimus)
    Laxmann's Shrew (Sorex caecutiens)
    Shinto Shrew (Sorex shinto)
    Taiga Shrew (Sorex isodon)
    Chinese Shrew (Sorex sinalis)
    Iberian Shrew (Sorex granarius)
    Valais Shrew (Sorex antinorii)
    Caucasian Shrew (Sorex saturnini)
    Siberian Large-toothed Shrew (Sorex daphaenodon)
    Gansu Shrew (Sorex cansulus)
    Tundra Shrew (Sorex tundrensis)
    Tian Shan Shrew (Sorex asper)
    Apennine Shrew (Sorex samniticus)
    Arctic Shrew (Sorex arcticus)
    Maritime Shrew (Sorex maritimensis)
    Caucasian Pygmy Shrew (Sorex volnuchini)
    Bukhara Shrew (Sorex bucharensis)
    Tibetan Shrew (Sorex thibetanus)
    Kashmir Shrew (Sorex planiceps)
    Trowbridge's Shrew (Sorex trowbridgii)
    Arizona Shrew (Sorex arizonae)
    Merriam's Shrew (Sorex merriami)
    Alto Shrew (Sorex altoensis)
    Jalisco Shrew (Sorex mediopua)
    Saussure's Shrew (Sorex saussurei)
    San Cristobal Shrew (Sorex cristobalensis)
    McCarthy's Shrew (Sorex mccarthyi)
    Salvin's Shrew (Sorex salvini)
    Sclater's Shrew (Sorex sclateri)
    Pale-toothed Shrew (Sorex stizodon)
    Chiapan Shrew (Sorex chiapensis)
    Ibarra Shrew (Sorex ibarrai)
    Mexican Large-toothed Shrew (Sorex macrodon)
    Sierra Shrew (Sorex madrensis)
    Mutable Shrew (Sorex mutabilis)
    Verapaz Shrew (Sorex veraepacis)
    Inyo Shrew (Sorex tenellus)
    Dwarf Shrew (Sorex nanus)
    Mexican Long-tailed Shrew (Sorex oreopolus)
    Orizaba Long-tailed Shrew (Sorex orizabae)
    Chestnut-bellied Shrew (Sorex ventralis)
    Veracruz Shrew (Sorex veraecrucis)
    Ixtlan Shrew (Sorex ixtlanensis)
    Olympic Shrew (Sorex rohweri)
    South-eastern Shrew (Sorex longirostris)
    Maryland Shrew (Sorex fontinalis)
    Mount Lyell Shrew (Sorex lyelli)
    Zacatecas Shrew (Sorex emarginatus)
    Carmen Mountain Shrew (Sorex milleri)
    Preble's Shrew (Sorex preblei)
    Prairie Shrew (Sorex haydeni)
    Pribilof Island Shrew (Sorex pribilofensis)
    Barren Ground Shrew (Sorex ugyunak)
    Portenko's Shrew (Sorex portenkoi)
    Saint Lawrence Island Shrew (Sorex jacksoni)
    Kamchatka Shrew (Sorex camtschaticus)
    Paramushir Shrew (Sorex leucogaster)
    Vagrant Shrew (Sorex vagrans)
    Ornate Shrew (Sorex ornatus)
    American Water Shrew (Sorex palustris)
    Western Water Shrew (Sorex navigator)
    Glacier Bay Water Shrew (Sorex alaskanus)
    Eastern Water Shrew (Sorex albibarbis)
    Marsh Shrew (Sorex bendirii)
    Baird's Shrew (Sorex bairdi)
    Pacific Shrew (Sorex pacificus)
    Fog Shrew (Sorex sonomae)
    New Mexico Shrew (Sorex neomexicanus)
    Montane Shrew (Sorex monticolus)
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    Cryptotis


    North American Least Shrew (Cryptotis parvus)

    The range of this species extends throughout much of eastern North America, from southwest Wyoming and central Colorado in the west to New York in the east, and south to southeast Texas in the west and southern Florida in the east.

    Two subspecies are recognised:

    C. p. parvus - photo by @Giant Eland

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    C. p. floridianus
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    The following species are not represented within the Zoochat gallery:

    Nelson's Small-eared Shrew (Cryptotis nelsoni)
    Big Mexican Small-eared Shrew (Cryptotis magnus)
    Small Mexican Small-eared Shrew (Cryptotis mexicanus)
    Grizzled Small-eared Shrew (Cryptotis obscurus)
    Phillip's Small-eared Shrew (Cryptotis phillipsii)
    Eastern Cordillera Small-eared Shrew (Cryptotis brachyonyx)
    Colombian Small-eared Shrew (Cryptotis columbianus)
    Honduran Small-eared Shrew (Cryptotis hondurensis)
    Darien Small-eared Shrew (Cryptotis merus)
    Blackish Small-eared Shrew (Cryptotis nigrescens)
    Laconda Small-eared Shrew (Cryptotis lacondonensis)
    Yucatan Small-eared Shrew (Cryptotis mayensis)
    Merriam's Small-eared Shrew (Cryptotis merriami)
    Berlandier's Least Shrew (Cryptotis berlandieri)
    Central American Least Shrew (Cryptotis orophilus)
    Puebla Least Shrew (Cryptotis pueblensis)
    Mexican Least Shrew (Cryptotis soricinus)
    Tropical Least Shrew (Cryptotis tropicalis)
    Popocatepetl Least Shrew (Cryptotis alticola)
    Goldman's Broad-clawed Shrew (Cryptotis goldmani)
    Oaxacan Broad-clawed Shrew (Cryptotis peregrinus)
    Talamancan Broad-clawed Shrew (Cryptotis gracilis)
    Santa Barbara Broad-clawed Shrew (Cryptotis cavatorculus)
    Celaque Broad-clawed Shrew (Cryptotis celaque)
    Dark Mexican Broad-clawed Shrew (Cryptotis griseoventris)
    Omoa Broad-clawed Shrew (Cryptotis mccarthyi)
    Muscular Broad-clawed Shrew (Cryptotis lacertosus)
    Honduran Broad-clawed Shrew (Cryptotis magnimana)
    Mam Broad-clawed Shrew (Cryptotis mam)
    Goodwin's Broad-clawed Shrew (Cryptotis goodwini)
    Highland Broad-clawed Shrew (Cryptotis oreoryctes)
    Monteverde Small-eared Shrew (Cryptotis monteverdensis)
    Ender's Small-eared Shrew (Cryptotis endersi)
    Aroa Small-eared Shrew (Cryptotis aroensis)
    Thomas' Small-eared Shrew (Cryptotis thomasi)
    Dinira Small-eared Shrew (Cryptotis dinirensis)
    Venezuelan Small-eared Shrew (Cryptotis venezuelensis)
    Merida Small-eared Shrew (Cryptotis meridensis)
    Tama Small-eared Shrew (Cryptotis tamensis)
    Perija Small-eared Shrew (Cryptotis perijensis)
    Medellin Small-eared Shrew (Cryptotis medellinius)
    Western Colombian Small-eared Shrew (Cryptotis squamipes)
    Ecuadorian Small-eared Shrew (Cryptotis equatoris)
    Osgood's Small-eared Shrew
    (Cryptotis osgoodi)
    Wandering Small-eared Shrew (Cryptotis montivagus)
    Blind Small-eared Shrew (Cryptotis niausa)
    Evaristo's Small-eared Shrew (Cryptotis evaristoi)
    Peruvian Small-eared Shrew (Cryptotis peruviensis)
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