Cryptotis Pomel, 1848 . Arch. Sei. Phys. Nat. Geneve, 9: 249.

REVIEWED BY: J. R. Choate (JRC).

COMMENT: Revised in part by Choate, 1970, Univ. Kans. Publ. Mus. Nat. Hist., 19: 195-317. Subfamily Soricinae, tribe Blarinini; see Repenning, 1967:37. Formerly included C. surinamensis which was transferred to Sorex araneus by Husson, 1963, Studies on the Fauna of Surinam and other Guyanas, 13:35- 37. Gureev, 1979:433-437, did not cite Choate (op. cit.), and recognized those species Choate considered synonyms. A key to the genus was published by Choate and Fleharty, 1974, Mamm. Species, 44:1-3.

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