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Cryptotis mera Goldmanf* 



1912. Cryptotis merits Goldman, Smithsonian Misc. Coll., vol. 60, No. 2, p. 17, 

 Sept. 20, 1912. 



Type Locality. — Near head of Rio Limon, Mount Pirri, Darien, eastern Panama. 

 Altitude, 4,500 feet. 



Genus NOTIOSOREX 10 Coues 



1877. Notiosorcx Coues, Bull. U. S. Geol. Geogr. Surv. Terr., vol. 3, p. 646, 

 May 15, 1877. (Type, Sorex (Notiosorex) crawjordi Coues.) 



Notiosorex crawfordi crawfordi (Coues) f* 



1877. Sorex (Notiosorex) crawfordi Coues, Bull. U. S. Geol. Geogr. Surv. 

 Terr., vol. 3, p. 651, May 15, 1877. 



1884. Sorex crawfordi True, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., vol. 7 ( App., Circ. 29) , 

 p. 606, Nov. 29, 1884. 



1895. Notiosorex crawfordi Merriam, North Amer. Fauna No. 10, p. 32, Dec. 

 31, 1895. 



Type Locality. — Near old Fort Bliss, about 2 miles above El Paso, El Paso 

 County, Tex. Range. — From Bexar and Nueces Counties, Tex. (Bailey, North 

 Amer. Fauna No. 25, p. 207, Oct. 24, 1905) west to Santa Barbara County, Calif, 

 (von Bloeker, Journ. Mamm., vol. 25, No. 3, p. 312 Sept. 8, 1944) ; south to Cape 

 region of Peninsula of Baja California and southeastern Arizona (Blossom, 

 Journ. Mamm., vol. 14, No. 1, p. 70, Feb. 14, 1933) ; north to southern 

 Nevada (Hall, Mammals of Nevada, p. 127, July 1, 1946), northwestern New 

 Mexico (Bailey, North Amer. Fauna No. 53 (December 1931), p. 369, Mar. 1, 

 1932. See also Fisher, Journ. Mamm., vol. 22, No. 3, pp. 263-269, Aug. 14, 

 1941), Natural Dam, Crawford County, Ark., and southeastern Oklahoma (Sea- 

 lander, Journ. Mamm., vol. 33, No. 1, pp. 105-106, Feb. 18, 1952) . 



Notiosorex crawfordi evotis (Coues) f * 



1877. Sorex (Notiosorex) evotis Coues, Bull. U. S. Geol. Geogr. Surv. Terr., 



vol. 3, p. 652, May 15, 1877. 

 1895. Notiosorex crawfordi evotis Merriam, North Amer. Fauna No. 10, p. 34, 



Dec. 31, 1895. 

 Type Locality. — Mazatlan, Sinaloa, Mexico. Range. — Recorded 21 miles 

 southwest of Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico (Twente and Baker, Journ. Mamm., 

 vol. 32, No. 1, p. 121, Feb. 15, 1951). 



Genus MEGASOREX Hibbard 

 1950. Megasorex Hibbard; Contr. Mus. Paleont. Univ. Michigan, vol. 8, No. 6, 

 p. 127, June 29, 1950. (Type, Notiosorex gigas Merriam.) 



Megasorex gigas (Merriam) f* 



1897. Notiosorex gigas Merriam, Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington, vol. 11, p. 227, 



July 15, 1897. 

 1950. Megasorex gigas Hibbard, Contr. Mus. Paleont. Univ. Michigan, vol. 8, 



No. 6, p. 128, June 29, 1950. 

 Type Locality. — Mountains at Milpillas, near San Sebastian, Jalisco, Mexico. 



10 Revised by Merriam, North Amer. Fauna No. 10, pp. 31-34, Dec. 31, 1895. 



