Cryptotis gracilis Miller, 1911 . Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington, 24:221.

TYPE LOCALITY: "head of Lari River, Talamanca [= Limon], Costa Rica ", near base of Pico Blanco .

DISTRIBUTION: SE Costa Rica and W Panama.

SYNONYMS: jacksoni .

COMMENTS: Includes jacksoni; considered a relict species by Choate (1970). Specimens from Honduras previously included in gracilis were described as a new species, C. hondurensis by Woodman and Timm (1992).