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--> GENUS Cryptotis
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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