The Eastern Cordillera small-footed shrew (''Cryptotis brachyonyx'') 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 western slopes of the central
Cordillera Oriental at elevations from .
It resembles ''
C. colombiana''.
The species is only known from four individuals collected at two localities, the most recent record being from 1925.
References
Cryptotis
Mammals of Colombia
Mammals of the Andes
Endemic fauna of Colombia
Mammals described in 2003
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