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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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    olivaceus J. A. Allen, 1908

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