Sorex arizonae Diersing and Hoffmeister, 1977 . J. Mammal., 58:329.

TYPE LOCALITY: USA, "upper end of Miller Canyon, 15 mi S [= 10 mi S, 43/4ni E] Fort Huachuca [near spring at lower edge of Douglas fir zone, Huachuca Mts.J Cochise County, Arizona " .

DISTRIBUTION: Mountains of SE Arizona and SW New Mexico (USA; see Conway and Schmitt, 1978 and Hoffmeister, 1986); Chihuahua (Mexico; see Caire et al., 1978).

COMMENTS: Refered to unnamed subgenus by George (1988). Close to emarginatus (see Diersing and Hoffmeister, 1977).