dc:title"Description of a new shrew of the genus Cryptotis (Mammalia: Soricomorpha: Soricidae) from the Sierra de Aroa, an isolated mountain range in northwestern Venezuela, with remarks on biogeography and conservation";
dc:description"FIGURE 1. External appearance of Cryptotis aroensis. A, lateral view of the holotype (CVULA I – 8548), which had a headand-body length of 81 mm, and a tail length of 40 mm (Table 1); B, ventral view of the holotype; C, ventral view of the right hindfoot of a paratype (CVULA I – 8546), which had a length of 13 mm (Table 1). Photographs by J. Molinari.";
dc:description"FIGURE 2. From top to bottom, dorsal, ventral, and lateral views of crania, and lateral view of mandible of the holotype (CVULA I – 8548) of Cryptotis aroensis.";
dc:description"FIGURE 3. Occlusal view of the upper (right) and lower (left) dentitions showing variation in 3 specimens of Cryptotis aroensis. A, views of the holotype (CVULA I – 8548); B, views of the paratype CVULA I – 8546; C, views of the paratype CVULA I – 8547.";
dc:description"FIGURE 4. Cloud forest at the type locality of Cryptotis aroensis; left, forest edge viewed from road; right, understory vegetation. Photographed by J. Molinari on March 12, 2011.";
dc:description"FIGURE 5. Map of Western Venezuela and adjacent Colombia showing collection localities of specimens of small-eared shrews examined in the present study. Areas shaded in gray indicate elevations from 1000 to 2000 m. Areas shaded in green indicate elevations above 2000 m. Species symbols are: Cryptotis aroensis (star), Cryptotis sp. A (inverted triangles), C. meridensis (solid circles), C. tamensis (triangle), and Cryptotis sp. from Sierra de Perijá (solid squares).";
