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SPECIES Cryptotis goldmani

Author:Merriam, 1895.
Citation:N. Am. Fauna, 10: 25.
Common Name:Goldman's Broad-clawed Shrew
Type Locality:Mexico, Guerrero, mountains near Chilpancingo, 10,000 ft. (3505 m).
Distribution:Mexico; highlands above 1500 m in Oaxaca and Guerrero.
Status:IUCN – Lower Risk (lc).
Comments:C. mexicana group, goldmani subset. Choate (1970) recognized two distinct subspecies, alticola and goldmani; the former is now considered a species. Revised by Woodman and Timm (1999), and Carraway (ms), who recognized the Oaxaca and Guerrero populations as distinct subspecies.
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SUBSPECIES goldmani

SUBSPECIES machetes

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