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--> GENUS Cryptotis
SPECIES Cryptotis orophila
Author: | J. A. Allen, 1895. | Citation: | Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist., 7: 340. | Common Name: | Central American Least Shrew | Type Locality: | Costa Rica, Cartago Prov., Volcán Iraz·. | Distribution: | Highlands and mid-elevations from Honduras and El Salvador south to C Costa Rica (Woodman, pers. comm., 2003). | Comments: | C. parva group. Until recently a subspecies of parva, but given species rank by Woodman (2002, and pers. comm.). |
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| Offspring: | Synonyms:
olivaceus J. A. Allen, 1908
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