Cryptotis nigrescens (J. A. Allen, 1895)

Rainer Hutterer, 1993, Order Insectivora, Mammal Species of the World (2 nd Edition), Washington and London: Smithsonian Institution Press, pp. 69-130 : 109

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scientific name	Cryptotis nigrescens (J. A. Allen, 1895)
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Cryptotis nigrescens (J. A. Allen, 1895) . Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., 7:339.

TYPE LOCALITY: "San Isidro (San José), Costa Rica " .

DISTRIBUTION: Tropical lowland of Yucatan Peninsula and highlands of Guerrero, Chiapas and Las Margaritas ( Mexico), also highlands of Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Costa Rica, and Panama.

SYNONYMS: mayensis, merriami , merus, micrura , tersus, zeteki.

COMMENTS: There are three distinct subspecies ( nigrescens , mayensis, and merriami ; see Choate, 1970); N. Woodman and R. Timm (pers. comm.) believe the latter two are valid species.