Cryptotis parva (Say, 1823) . In Long, Account Exped. Pittsburgh to Rocky Mtns, 1:163.

TYPE LOCALITY: "Engineer Cantonment," west bank of Missouri River; restricted by Jones (1964:68) to USA, Nebraska, Washington Co., approximately 2 mi. east Ft. Calhoun .

DISTRIBUTION: Extreme SE Canada through EC and SW USA, Mexico and Central America south to Panama.

SYNONYMS: berlandieri, celatus, cinereus, elasson, exilipes, eximius, floridana, harlani, macer, nayaritensis, micrurus, olivaceus, orophila, pergracilis, pueblensis, soricina, tropicalis.

COMMENTS: Reviewed by Whitaker (1974, Mammalian Species, 43), who recognized 9 subspecies, 5 of which occur in Middle America (Choate, 1970). Handley (pers. comm., 1989) suggested that floridana may be a distinct taxon; if this proves correct, then the other southern subspecies should be restudied.