Cryptotis mayensis Merriam 1901

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 : 272

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Cryptotis mayensis Merriam 1901 , Proc. Wash. Acad. Sci., 3: 559.

Type Locality: Mexico, Yucatán, Chichén Itzá (from a Maya ruin).

Vernacular Names: Yucatan Small-eared Shrew.

Distribution: Yucatan Peninsula of Mexico and adjacent Belize and Guatemala. Also known from owl pellets collected in Guerrero.

Discussion: C. nigrescens group. Species redefined by Woodman and Timm (1993). Also recorded from the Pleistocene of the Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico ( Woodman, 1995).