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--> GENUS Cryptotis
SPECIES Cryptotis merriami
Author: | Choate, 1970. | Citation: | Univ. Kansas Publ. Mus. Nat. Hist., 19: 277. | Common Name: | Merriam's Small-eared Shrew | Type Locality: | Guatemala, Huehuetenango, Jacaltenango, 5400 ft. (1646 m). | Distribution: | Highlands of S Mexico (Chiapas), Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, N Nicaragua, and N Costa Rica. | Comments: | C. nigrescens group. Formerly included in nigrescens, but redefined by Woodman and Timm (1993). Occurs syntopically with nigrescens in Costa Rica (Woodman, 2000). |
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