Cryptotis mayensis Merriam 1901

Cryptotis mayensis Merriam 1901, Proc. Wash. Acad. Sci., 3: 559.

Type Locality: Mexico, Yucatán, Chichén Itzá (from a Maya ruin).

Vernacular Names: Yucatan Small-eared Shrew.

Distribution: Yucatan Peninsula of Mexico and adjacent Belize and Guatemala. Also known from owl pellets collected in Guerrero.

Discussion: C. nigrescens group. Species redefined by Woodman and Timm (1993). Also recorded from the Pleistocene of the Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico (Woodman, 1995).