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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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    euryrhynchis Genoways and Choate, 1967

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