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--> GENUS Cryptotis
SPECIES Cryptotis mexicana
Author: | Coues, 1877. | Citation: | Bull. U.S. Geol. Geogr. Surv. Terr., 3: 652. | Common Name: | Mexican Small-eared Shrew | Type Locality: | Mexico, Veracruz, Jalapa, ca. 1520 m. | Distribution: | Humid upper tropical zone in Chiapas, Oaxaca, Puebla, and Veracruz (Mexico); altitudinal range 520 to 2600 m (Carraway, ms; Fa, 1989). | Status: | IUCN – Lower Risk (lc). | Comments: | C. mexicana group. Reviewed by Choate (1970; 1973, Mammalian Species No. 28), who recognized four subspecies, mexicana, nelsoni, obscura, and peregrina; the latter three were regarded as separate species by Woodman and Timm (1999). |
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