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Santa Barbara Broad-clawed Shrew

Cryptotis cavatorculus

French: Musaraigne de Santa Barbara / German: Santa-Barbara-Kleinohrspitzmaus / Spanish: Musarana de unas anchas de Santa Barbara

Taxonomy. Cryptotis cavatorculus Woodman, 2015, “ above El Cedral, ca. 1900 m (ca. 14°54’N, 88°06’W), Parque Nacional de Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara Dept., Honduras.”

Cryptotis cavatorculus is in the C. goodwini group based primarily on morphology, but genetic data are needed to determine its exact relationships; specimens now attributed to it were originally labeled as C. goodwini. Monotypic.

Distribution. Montana de Santa Barbara in Santa Barbara Department (WC Honduras).

Descriptive notes. Tail 32 mm, hindfoot 13 mm; there are no other measurements available. The Santa Barbara Broad-clawed Shrew is medium-sized. Dorsum is dark brown, with hairs that have silvery gray bases and brown tips. Venter is slightly paler dark brown than dorsum. Feet are relatively long and broad, with long wide claws. Tail is short (medium-sized for the genus), covered with short hair, and blackish brown. Eyes are diminutive, and ears are small and barely visible under fur. Skull is short with narrow braincase; rostrum is relatively short; interorbital region is proportionately narrow; fourth unicuspid is somewhat large; and fourth unicuspid is partially visible in lateral view. Teeth are reddish, and there are four unicuspids.

Habitat. Wet cloud forest at an elevation of 1900 m (holotype).

Food and Feeding. No information.

Breeding. No information.

Activity patterns. No information.

Movements, Home range and Social organization. No information.

Status and Conservation. Not assessed on The IUCN Red List. The Santa Barbara Broadclawed Shrew is only known from a single specimen, and nothing is known ofits threats or natural history.

Bibliography. Baird et al. (2018), Woodman (2015a).