Least Shrew (Cryptotis parva) in New Mexico

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Least Shrew, Cryptotis parva, in Southwestern Kansas and Southeastern Colorado

“…Its known distribution in Colorado (Armstrong, 1972;Bissell, 1982) is restricted to the northeast, where it occurs in marshes at the base of the Front Range and in riparian habitats along the South Platte River and tributaries of the Republican River. Its distribution has become relatively widespread on the Llano Estacado in Texas, and it recently has been found in mesic habitats in eastern New Mexico (Hoditschek et al, 1985;Owen and Hamilton, 1986).…”