Sorex saussurei Merriam, 1892 . Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington, 7:173.

TYPE LOCALITY: "Sierra de Colima, Jalisco, Mexico, (altitude 8000 feet)" .

DISTRIBUTION: Coahuila and Durango to Chiapas (Mexico); Guatemala.

SYNONYMS: cristobalensis, godmani, oaxacae, salvini, veraecrucis.

COMMENTS: Referred to unnamed subgenus by George (1988:456). Populations from Guatemala provisionally included by Junge and Hoffmann (1981) may be distinct and should be carefully studied.