TABLE 6 in A new species of small-eared shrew of the genus Cryptotis (Mammalia, Eulipotyphla, Soricidae) from the northernmost Peruvian Andes

<p><b>TABLE 6.</b> Main diagnostic characters among <i>Cryptotis evaristoi</i> sp. noV. and other PeruVian and Ecuadorian congeneric species.</p><table><tbody><tr><th><i>C. montivaga</i> (Ecuador)</th><th><i>C. montivaga</i> (Peru)</th><th><i>C. niausa</i> (Ecuador)</th><th><i>C. equatoris</i> (Ecuador)</th><th><i>C. osgoodi</i> (Ecuador)</th><th><i>C. peruviensis</i> (holotype, Peru)</th><th><i>C. evaristoi</i> (neW species, Peru)</th></tr></tbody><tbody><tr><th>Size large (head and body length = 79.3 &plusmn; 6.03mm; Weight = 11.5 &plusmn; 2.1 g; condylobasal length = 19.87 &plusmn; 0.7 mm)</th><td>Size large (head and body length = 85.24 &plusmn; 8.48 mm; Weight = 14.2 &plusmn; 2.84 g; condylobasal length = 21.16 &plusmn; 0.51 mm)</td><td>Size large (head and body length = 77.9 &plusmn; 10.5 mm; Weight = 14.4 &plusmn; 1.8 g; condylobasal length = 21.21 &plusmn; 0,5 mm)</td><td>Size small (Head and body length = 65.73 &plusmn; 9.2 mm; Weight = 9.53 &plusmn; 0.72 g; condylobasal length = 20.32 &plusmn; 0.28 mm)</td><td>Size small (Head and body length = 68.71 &plusmn; 9.55 mm; Weight = 8.64 &plusmn; 2.88 g; condylobasal length = 19.67 &plusmn; 0.75 mm)</td><td>Size small (head and body length = 63 mm; Weight = 9 g; head and body length; condylobasal length = 20.6 mm)</td><td>Size large (head and body length = 85.8 &plusmn; 7 mm; Weight = 14 &plusmn; 2.6 g; condylobasal length = 22.34 &plusmn; 0.3 mm)</td></tr><tr><th>Tail Very short (30.4 &plusmn; 4</th><td>Tail Very short (30.75 &plusmn;</td><td>Tail short (35.5 &plusmn; 3.1</td><td>Tail short (31.87 &plusmn; 1.85</td><td>Tail short (29.86 &plusmn; 3.58</td><td>Tail medium (31 mm;</td><td>Tail short (33.7 &plusmn; 2.7</td></tr><tr><th>mm; 37% of Head and body length)</th><td>3.55 mm; 37% of Head and body length)</td><td>mm; 46% of Head and body length)</td><td>mm; 48.5% of Head and body length), tail hairy</td><td>mm; 43.5% of Head and body length), tail not hairy</td><td>49% of Head and body length)</td><td>mm; 40% of Head and body length)</td></tr><tr><th>Dorsal color grayish</th><td>Dorsal color grayish</td><td>Dorsal color grayish</td><td>Dorsal color blackish</td><td>Dorsal color blackish</td><td>Dorsal color blackish</td><td>Dorsal color grayish</td></tr><tr><th>Interorbital in dorsal VieW conVergent</th><td>Interorbital in dosal VieW parallel</td><td>Interorbital in dorsal VieW almost parallel</td><td>Interorbital in dorsal VieW conVergent and Wide</td><td>Interorbital in dorsal VieW sligthy parallel and less Wide</td><td>Interorbital in dorsal VieW slighty conVergent</td><td>Interorbital in dorsal VieW parallel</td></tr><tr><th>Anterior border of nasal With a spine-shaped process</th><td>Anterior border of nasal Without a spine-shaped process</td><td>Anterior border of nasal Without a spine- shaped process</td><td>Anterior border of nasal Without a spine-shaped process</td><td>Anterior border of nasal Without a spine-shaped process</td><td>Anterior border of nasal With a spine-shaped process</td><td>Anterior border of nasal Without a spine-shaped process</td></tr><tr><th>Braincase in dorsal VieW heXagonal</th><td>Braincase in dorsal VieW heXagonal</td><td>Braincase in dorsal VieW heXagonal</td><td>Braincase in dorsal VieW circular</td><td>Braincase in dorsal VieW circular</td><td>Braincase in dorsal VieW heXagonal</td><td>Braincase in dorsal VieW heXagonal</td></tr><tr><th>Fronto-occipital suture rounded</th><td>Fronto-occipital suture as a half heXagon</td><td>Fronto-occipital suture as a half heXagon</td><td>Fronto-occipital suture as a half heXagon</td><td>Fronto-occipital suture as a half heXagon</td><td>Fronto-occipital suture rounded</td><td>Fronto-occipital suture as rounded to triangular</td></tr><tr><th>Secondary cusp of upper incisors Very reduced fourth of anterior cusp</th><td>Secondary cusp of upper incisors approXimately half of anterior cusp</td><td>Secondary cusp of upper incisors Very reduced fourth of</td><td>Secondary cusp of upper incisors approXimately half of anterior cusp</td><td>Secondary cusp of upper incisors approXimately half of anterior cusp</td><td>Secondary cusp of upper incisors approXimately half of anterior cusp</td><td>Secondary cusp of upper incisors Very reduced a third of anterior cusp</td></tr><tr><th></th><td></td><td>anterior cusp</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><th>Four unicuSpid viSible in 83.3 (fully viSible in 58.3%, barely viSible in 25%), not viSible in 16.7%</th><td>Four unicuSpid not viSible in 66.67%; viSible in one mandible in 16.67%; viSible in both mandibleS in one 16.67%</td><td>Fourth unicuSpid viSible in 70.6%, in two SpecimenS not</td><td>Four unicuSpid not viSible in lateral view</td><td>Four unicuSpidS viSible in lateral view</td><td>Four unicuSpid not viSible in lateral view</td><td>Fourth unicuSpid viSible in both mandibleS in 60%; viSible alSo in one mandible in 20%; not viSible in 20%</td></tr><tr><th>Fourth unicuSpid Small, half or one-third to third unicuSpidS; in line with other unicuSpidS</th><td>Fourth unicuSpid very reduced, one-third to third unicuSpid; in line with other unicuSpidS</td><td>Fourth unicuSpid Small and rounded, half or leSS to third unicuSpid; in line with other unicuSpidS</td><td>Fourth unicuSpid very reduced, one-third to third unicuSpid; in line with other unicuSpidS</td><td>Fourth unicuSpid reduced, half to third unicuSpid; in line with other unicuSpidS</td><td>Fourth unicuSpid very reduced, one-third to third unicuSpid; not in line with other unicuSpidS</td><td>Fourth unicuSpid very reduced, one-third to fourth unicuSpidS; not in line with other unicuSpidS</td></tr><tr><th>Ectoloph of M3 Simple, form of &quot;j&quot;</th><td>Ectoloph of M3 Specialized, form of incomplete &quot;w&quot;</td><td>Ectoloph of M3 Specialized, form of &quot;w&quot;</td><td>Ectoloph of M3 Specialized, form of incomplete &quot;w&quot;</td><td>Ectoloph of M3 Specialized, form of incomplete &quot;w&quot;</td><td>Ectoloph of M3 Specialized, form of incomplete &quot;w&quot;</td><td>Ectoloph of M3 Simple, form of &quot;j&quot;</td></tr><tr><th>PoSt protocriSta PM4 in occluSal view iS bigger than the reSt of the tooth</th><td>PoSt protocriSta PM4 in occluSal view approximately the Same Size aS the reSt of the tooth</td><td>PoSt protocriSta PM4 in occluSal view approximately the Same Size aS the reSt of the tooth</td><td>PoSt protocriSta PM4 in occluSal view larger than the reSt of the tooth</td><td>PoSt protocriSta PM4 in occluSal view larger than the reSt of the tooth</td><td>PoSt protocriSta PM4 in occluSal view approximately the Same Size aS the reSt of the tooth</td><td>PoSt protocriSta PM4 in occluSal view twice or more than the reSt of the tooth</td></tr><tr><th>Premolar with protocone developed, without paraconule</th><td>Premolar with protocone developed, without paraconule</td><td>Premolar with protocone and paraconule developed</td><td>Premolar with protocone and paraconule developed</td><td>Premolar with protocone and paraconule developed</td><td>Premolar with protocone, and Small paraconule</td><td>Premolar with protocone developed, without paraconule</td></tr><tr><th>PoSterior border of lower inciSorS in variable poSition to anterior border of PM4</th><td>PoSterior border of lower inciSor reacheS the anterior border of PM4</td><td>PoSterior border of lower inciSorS doeS not reach the anterior border of PM4</td><td>PoSterior border of lower inciSor reacheS the anterior border of PM4</td><td>PoSterior border of lower inciSor reacheS the anterior border of PM4</td><td>PoSterior border of lower inciSor reacheS the anterior border of PM4</td><td>PoSterior border of lower inciSor reacheS the anterior border of PM4</td></tr><tr><th>Optic foramen completely viSible in lateral view</th><td>Optic foramen completely viSible in lateral view</td><td>Optic foramen completely viSible in lateral view</td><td>Optic foramen partially viSible in lateral view</td><td>Optic foramen partially viSible in lateral view</td><td>Optic foramen partially viSible in lateral view</td><td>Optic foramen partially viSible in lateral view</td></tr><tr><th>Coronoid proceSS variable, Short or large</th><td>Coronoid proceSS Short</td><td>Coronoid proceSS Short</td><td>Coronoid proceSS large</td><td>Coronoid proceSS large</td><td>Coronoid proceSS Short</td><td>Coronoid proceSS large</td></tr></tbody></table><p>&hellip;&hellip;continued on the next page</p>