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SPECIES Cryptotis alticola
Author: | Merriam, 1895. | Citation: | N. Amer. Fauna, 10: 27. | Common Name: | Central Mexican Broad-clawed Shrew | Type Locality: | Mexico, Volcán Popocatépetl, 11,500 ft. (3505 m). | Distribution: | Highlands above 2000 m in the Mexican states of Colima, Hidalgo, Jalisco, Michoacán, México, and Puebla, Morelos, and in the Distrito Federal (Carraway, ms; Woodman and Timm, 1999). | Comments: | C. mexicanus group, goldmani subset. Formerly a member of goldmani; revised by Woodman and Timm (1999). |
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| Offspring: | Synonyms:
euryrhynchis Genoways and Choate, 1967
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