The Colombian small-eared shrew (''Cryptotis colombiana'') is a species of
mammal in the family
Soricidae. It is
endemic
Endemism is the state of a species being found in a single defined geographic location, such as an island, state, nation, country or other defined zone; organisms that are indigenous to a place are not endemic to it if they are also found els ...
to
Colombia, where it is known from the
Cordillera Central Central Cordillera refers to the New Guinea Highlands.
Cordillera Central, meaning ''central range'' in Spanish, may refer to the following mountain ranges:
* Cordillera Central, Andes (disambiguation), several mountain ranges in South America
** ...
in
Antioquia Department at elevations from .
It is found in
montane forest
Montane ecosystems are found on the slopes of mountains. The alpine climate in these regions strongly affects the ecosystem because temperatures fall as elevation increases, causing the ecosystem to stratify. This stratification is a crucia ...
and cultivated areas.
It resembles ''
C. brachyonyx''.
References
Cryptotis
Mammals of Colombia
Mammals of the Andes
Endemic fauna of Colombia
Mammals described in 1993
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