Cryptotis parvus

species of mammal
Taxon taxon Q1764011
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Summary

Cryptotis parvus is a taxon[1]. It ranks in the top 0.81% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (289 views/month, #1,589 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Taxon rank: species[3]
  • IUCN conservation status: Least Concern[4]
  • Parent taxon: Cryptotis[5]
  • Taxon name: Cryptotis parva[6]
  • Commons category: Cryptotis parva[7]
  • Taxon synonym: Q137523704[8]
  • Has characteristic: viviparity[9]
  • Short name: C. parva[10]
  • Taxon common name: Least Shrew[11], North American Least Shrew[12], Nordamerikanische Kleinohrspitzmaus[13], Musaranya diminuta nord-americana[14]
  • Gestation period: 22 day[15]
  • Litter size: 4.5[16]

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Identifiers

Cryptotis parvus's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 46841[17]. Cryptotis parvus's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 183661[18]. Cryptotis parvus's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 327371[19]. Cryptotis parvus's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 5219509[20]. Cryptotis parvus's ITIS TSN is recorded as 179971[21].

Why It Matters

Cryptotis parvus has Wikipedia articles in 12 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[22] It is known by 12 alternative names across languages and contexts.[23]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2022.2. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [18] ↑ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [21] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [19] ↑ . Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [20] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [8] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. itis.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [11] ↑ . IUCN Red List. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [12] ↑ . IUCN Red List. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [13] ↑ . Wörterbuch der Säugetiernamen - Dictionary of Mammal Names. wikidata.org.
  16. [14] ↑ . TERMCAT. wikidata.org.
  17. [15] ↑ . Grzimeks Enzyklopädie. wikidata.org.
  18. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [16] ↑ . Cryptotis parva. wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [22] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [23] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 18d ago · Jfpierce · 2026-09-29 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikipedia languages → ['avk', 'bg', 'ca', 'ceb', 'commons', 'de', 'en', 'es', 'eu', 'fa', 'fr', 'id',
    Has characteristic → viviparity
    Sitelink count → 21
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Has characteristic: viviparity"
  2. 8w ago · Yapy28 · 2026-08-16 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Interlingual index id → i45270
    Wordnet 3.1 synset id → 01896040-n
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/47826|batch #47826]]: OEWN"
  3. 13w ago · PieterJanR · 2026-07-14 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → —
    Iucn conservation status → Least Concern
    Parent taxon → Cryptotis
    Litter size → {'amount': '+4.5'}
    + 6 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1 */ Catalogue of life id: CFNFN"
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