Cryptotis tropicalis Merriam 1895

Cryptotis tropicalis Merriam 1895, N. Amer. Fauna, 10: 21.

Type Locality: Guatemala, Cobán.

Vernacular Names: Tropical Small-eared Shrew.

Synonyms: Cryptotis micrurus (Tomes 1861); Cryptotis tropicalis (Gray 1843) .

Distribution: Eastern highlands of Chiapas (Mexico) east and south into highlands of Belize and Guatemala (Carraway, ms; Choate, 1970).

Discussion: C. parva group. Until recently a subspecies of parva, but species rank suggested by Carraway (ms) and Woodman (pers. comm., 2003). Relations to C. orophila remain to be studied.