| Crynodeb: | Specimens of four monotypic species, Cryptotis mexicana (n = 48), C. obscura (n = 47), C. alticola (n = 8), andC. magna (n = 3), and one polytypic species, C. parva berlandieri (n = 1), C. p. pueblensis (n = 16), and C. p.soricina (n = 84) were examined. Most of the specimens came from the central part of México, with the exceptionof C. magna, C. obscura, and C. p. berlandieri. Specimens of C. mexicana, C. obscura, and C. magna werecollected in cloud forest, those of C. alticola in two different habitats one of Pinus sp. and the other one of Abiessp. forests, and those of C. parva in tropical, subtropical, cloud forest, Quercus sp. and pine-oak forests.Morphometric measurements of 25 external, cranial, and mandibular characters were recorded for each specimen.The species C. alticola, C. magna, and C. parva were distinguished easily; however, measurements of C. mexicanaand C. obscura superpose but they could be distinguished by using a Discriminant Analysis. Measurementsrecorded from specimens of C. magna were greater that for the other four species; those for C. alticola weregenerally greater than for C. mexicana, C. obscura, or C. parva. Comparison of measurements for specimens ofC. p. pueblensis and C. p. soricina indicated that the former subspecies overall is larger. Secondary sexualvariation was found only for C. p. soricina, with females larger than males. We report two instances of sympatrybetween C. obscura and C. parva and one between C. mexicana and C. parva.
|
|---|
