The Eastern Cordillera small-footed shrew (''Cryptotis brachyonyx'') is a species of

mammal Mammals () are a group of vertebrate animals constituting the class Mammalia (), characterized by the presence of mammary glands which in females produce milk for feeding (nursing) their young, a neocortex (a region of the brain), fur or ...

in the family Soricidae. It is

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Colombia Colombia (, ; ), officially the Republic of Colombia, is a country in South America with insular regions in North America—near Nicaragua's Caribbean coast—as well as in the Pacific Ocean. The Colombian mainland is bordered by the Car ...

, 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 {{redtoothed-shrew-stub