Goldman's Small-eared Shrew - Cryptotis goldmani
( Merriam, 1895 )

 

 

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Subspecies: Unknown
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CITES Status: NOT LISTED
IUCN Status: Least Concern
U.S. ESA Status: NOT LISTED

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Life Span: in Captivity

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Habitat:
It usually is found in wet, highland, pine-oak or fir forest, and sometimes in dry, lowland forest (Reid 1997). It burrows up to 10 cm in to the soft humus, most often near the edge of logs, and is often collected under rotting logs (Carraway 2007). In Oaxaca it is found along streams in damp leaf litter and humus (Carraway 2007).

Range:
This species occurs in the Mexican highlands from 1,550 to 3,000 m asl in Guerrero, and from 2,250 to 3,200 m asl in Oaxaca (Hutterer 2005, Woodman and Timm 1999). There is an unconfirmed record from La Reserva de la Biosfera La Sepultura, in Chiapas (Espinoza Medinilla et al. 2002).

Conservation:
It occurs in some protected areas (national parks and reserves).

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