Sorex macrodon Merriam, 1895 . N. Am. Fauna, 10:82.

TYPE LOCALITY: "Orizaba, Veracruz, Mexico (altitude 4,200 feet)."

DISTRIBUTION: Veracruz, in mountains from 4000-9500 ft (1676-2896 m) and Puebla (Mexico). See Heaney and Birney (1977).

COMMENTS: Subgenus Otisorex . Similar to, and possibly conspecific with, veraepacis (see Junge and Hoffmann, 1981).