Belize Biodiversity Information System

   Wildlife Conservation Society

   Ministry of Natural Resources' Land Information Centre

   01/19/98



  NAME -                 Least shrew

  FAMILY -               Soricidae
  SCIENTIFIC NAME -      Cryptotis parva tropicalis

  REFERENCES - 1, 2, 3 and 5

  

                                                              
  

  District                                                     Reference

  Cayo                                                                 2
  Toledo                                                               2
  

  

                                                                               
  

  

                                        
  

  

                         
  

  

                                                
  

  

                                                
  

  General Distribution Comments

  4* Cryptotis sp. skeletal remains found in tomb, Caracol
  2* specimen from Mountain Pine Ridge 12 mi. (by road) S. Cayo

  References

  1  McCarthy, T. J. 1993. Checklist: Mammals of Belize. BAS Newsletter
     25 (2-3).
  
  2  Hall, E. R. 1981. Mammals of North America. Second ed. John Wiley &
     Sons. New York. 1:60-61
  
  3  Wilson, D. E., D. M. Reeder. 1993.  Mammal Species of the World, a
     Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. Second ed. Smithsonian Inst. p.109
  
  4  Howell, D. 1990. The Bats of Caracol. Parts I and II. 22 pp. Unpub.
     report for Wildlife Conservation Society.
  
  5  Whitaker, J.O. 1974. Cryptotis parva.  Mammalian Species. No.43.
     pp.1-8. American Society of Mammalogists.