Sorex ventralis Merriam, 1895 . N. Am. Fauna, 10:75.

TYPE LOCALITY: "Cerro San Felipe, Oaxaca, Mexico (altitude 1000 feet)."

DISTRIBUTION: NW Puebla to Oaxaca (Mexico).

COMMENTS: Referred to unnamed subgenus by George (1988:456). Similar to saussurei but smaller; see Junge and Hoffmann (1981), who allocated the species to subgenus Sorex . Hall (1981) included ventralis in oreopolus .