_Sorex saussurei_ Merriam, Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington, 7:173,
September 29, 1892, type from north slope Sierra Nevada de
Colima, approximately 8,000 feet, Jalisco.
_Range._--In and above _Quercus_ belt, probably throughout
northeastern half of state.
_Specimens examined_, 14: nos. 8688, 52131-52141, 100076, 100077,
distributed by localities as follows: PAitzcuaro, 1; 4 mi. S PAitzcuaro,
7,800 ft., 2; Mount TancA-taro (7,800 ft., 8; 9,500 ft., 1; 9,600 ft.,
1; 10,000 ft., 1), 11.
_Remarks._--Two males from Mount TancA-taro, with much worn teeth,
catalogue nos. 52132 and 52138, measure, respectively, as follows:
Total length, 122, 114; length of tail, 46, 43; length of hind foot,
15, 14; condylobasal length, 18.4, 18.3; palatal length, 8.0, 7.3;
cranial breadth, 9.4, 9.2; least interorbital breadth, 3.7, 3.8;
maxillary breadth, 5.5, 5.5; maxillary tooth-row, 6.8, 6.7. The long
palate in no. 52132 and the broad brain case in both specimens appear
to be only individual variations or possibly variations correlated
with the advanced age of the two animals since in other features they
do not differ from specimens which are smaller in these two
dimensions. Jackson (1928:156) records specimens of this shrew from
Mount PatambAin and Nahuatzin.
=Cryptotis pergracilis pergracilis= (Elliot)