Cryptotis mexicana (Coues, 1877) . Bull. U.S. Geol. Geogr. Surv. Terr., 3:652.

TYPE LOCALITY: "Xalapa, Mexico " [= Jalapa, ca. 1520 m, Veracruz) .

DISTRIBUTION: Humid upper tropical zone from Tamaulipas to Chiapas (Mexico); altitudinal range 520 to 3200 m.

SYNONYMS: madrea, nelsoni, obscura, peregrina, phillipsii .

COMMENTS: Notiosorex (Xenosorex) phillipsii is a synonym of Cryptotis mexicana; see Choate (1969). Reviewed by Choate (1973, Mammalian Species, 28), who recognized four subspecies, mexicana, nelsoni, obscura, and peregrina.