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Cryptotis equatoris (Ecuadorean Small-eared Shrew)

Wikipedia Abstract

The Ecuadorian small-eared shrew (Cryptotis equatoris) is a species of shrew in the family Soricidae. It is found on the western and eastern slopes of the Andes in central Ecuador.
View Wikipedia Record: Cryptotis equatoris

EDGE Analysis

Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) 
4
 Unique (100)
Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) 
25
 Unique & Vulnerable (100)
ED Score: 9.89
EDGE Score: 2.39
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Attributes

Adult Weight [1]  12 grams
Forages - Ground [2]  100 %
Nocturnal [2]  Yes

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Cayambe-Coca Ecological Reserve VI 921676 Ecuador  
Llanganates National Park II 542908 Ecuador  
Sangay National Park II 1279326 Ecuador      

Consumers

Parasitized by 
Plocopsylla hector[3]
Plocopsylla heros[3]

Range Map

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Nathan P. Myhrvold, Elita Baldridge, Benjamin Chan, Dhileep Sivam, Daniel L. Freeman, and S. K. Morgan Ernest. 2015. An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles. Ecology 96:3109
♦ 2Hamish Wilman, Jonathan Belmaker, Jennifer Simpson, Carolina de la Rosa, Marcelo M. Rivadeneira, and Walter Jetz. 2014. EltonTraits 1.0: Species-level foraging attributes of the world's birds and mammals. Ecology 95:2027
♦ 3International Flea Database
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0