Sorex ventralis 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 : 299

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scientific name	Sorex ventralis Merriam 1895
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Sorex ventralis Merriam 1895 , N. Amer. Fauna, 10: 75.

Type Locality: "Cerro San Felipe, Oaxaca, Mexico (altitude 1000 feet [305 m])." .

Vernacular Names: Chestnut-bellied Shrew.

Distribution: Endemic to Mexico; in Distrito Federal, México, Oaxaca, Puebla, and Tlaxcala (Carraway, ms).

Conservation: IUCN – Lower Risk (lc).

Discussion: Referred to unnamed subgenus by George (1988:456). Similar to saussurei but smaller; see Junge and Hoffmann (1981), who allocated the species to subgenus Sorex . Hall (1981) included ventralis in oreopolus .