Cryptotis tropicalis Merriam 1895

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Soricomorpha, Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 1, Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, pp. 220-311 : 274

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scientific name	Cryptotis tropicalis Merriam 1895
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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.