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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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| Jumping Ability: | (Horizontal) |
| Life Span: | in the Wild |
| Life Span: | in Captivity |
| Sexual Maturity: | (Females) |
| Sexual Maturity: | (Males) |
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Habitat:
This species may inhabit several types of life zones such as Lower Montane Moist Forest, Lower Montane Wet Forest, Montane Wet Forest, Montane Rain Forest and Lower Andean Páramo, in an altitudinal interval from 2,800 m to 3,500 m (Woodman and Péfaur 2008). This is the only shrew that may be sympatric with C. brachyonyx (Woodman 2003).The most important information about the natural history of this species is described by Lopez-Arevalo et al. (1993), who describe that this is the most abundant small-mammal in an area of cloud forest and páramo at Carpanta Biological Reserve. These authors report that C. thomasi was the most abundant species, among 11 species of small-mammals captured during the fieldwork. Most individuals were captured in June, suggesting an increase in abundance and/or activity during the period preceding the rainy season, which occurs between June and July. The reproductively active females were found during April, and from June to August; in these last months they found pregnant females.
Range:
This species occurs in the central portion of the Cordillera Oriental in Cundinamarca, Colombia, at elevations between 2,800 and 3,500 m (Woodman 2002).
Conservation:
This species has been recorded from several protected areas, including Chingaza Natural National Park.