Sorex obscurus neomexicanus Bailey, Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington, 26:133, May 21, 1913.
Type.—Adult male, skin and skull; No. 100440, U. S. Biol. Surv. Coll.; obtained on May 29, 1900, by Vernon Bailey, from Cloudcroft, 9000 ft., Otero Co., New Mexico.
Range.—Sacramento and Capitan Mountains of New Mexico.
Diagnosis.—Size medium for the species; average and extreme measurements of 4 topotypes are: total length, 105.2 (103-107); tail, 41.0 (39-42); hind foot, 13.1 (12.5-14). Color near Olive Brown in summer; winter pelage unknown; skull large and relatively broad; teeth relatively large.
Comparisons.—Skull larger than that of S. v. obscurus and relatively somewhat broader; much larger in all cranial dimensions than S. v. monticola.
Remarks.—S. v. neomexicanus is a well-marked subspecies seemingly limited to the mountains of southeastern New Mexico. It is the only species of Sorex thus far recorded from that area.
Specimens examined.—Total number, 12. New Mexico: Otero Co.: SW slope Capitan Mts., 2 BS; 10 mi. NE Cloudcroft, 2 BS; Cloudcroft, 7 BS, 1 UM.
Marginal records.—New Mexico: SW slope Capitan Mts.; 10 mi. NE Cloudcroft; type locality.
Sorex vagrans monticola Merriam
Sorex monticolus Merriam, N. Amer. Fauna, 3:43, September 11, 1890.