Order Soricomorpha Author Wilson, Don E. Author Reeder, DeeAnn text 2005 The Johns Hopkins University Press Baltimore Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 1 220 311 book chapter 0-8018-8221-4 10.5281/zenodo.7316519 Cryptotis tropicalis Merriam 1895 Cryptotis tropicalis Merriam 1895 , N. Amer. Fauna, 10: 21 . Type Locality: Guatemala , Cobán. Vernacular Names: Tropical Small-eared Shrew . Synonyms: Cryptotis micrurus (Tomes 1861) ; Cryptotis tropicalis ( Gray 1843 ) . Distribution: Eastern highlands of Chiapas ( Mexico ) east and south into highlands of Belize and Guatemala (Carraway, ms; Choate, 1970 ). Discussion: C. parva group. Until recently a subspecies of parva , but species rank suggested by Carraway (ms) and Woodman (pers. comm., 2003). Relations to C. orophila remain to be studied.