Taxonomic status of the enigmatic Cryptotis avia (Mammalia: Insectivora: Soricidae), with comments on the distribution of the Colombian small-eared shrew, Cryptotis colombiana

Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington

Volumn 109, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 409-418

  Woodman, Neal ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^b Southwestern College   (United States)

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