El Fuerte, Sinaloa 75184 KU, ♀ | 16.5 | 3.7 | 5.0 | 8.4 | 6.9 | 6.1 SW Guadalajara, Jalisco 33318 KU, ♂ | .. | 3.6 | 4.9 | .. | 7.1 | 5.7 42583 KU, ? | 15.0+ | 3.5 | 4.6 | .. | 6.6 | 5.4± 42584 KU, ? | .. | 3.6 | 4.9 | .. | 7.1± | 6.1± 2 mi. E La Palma, Michoacán 42586 KU, ? | .. | 3.8 | 4.9 | .. | 6.9 | .. 42587 KU, ? | .. | 3.8 | 4.8 | .. | 6.9 | 6.0 42588 KU, ? | .. | .. | 4.9 | .. | 6.9 | 6.2 _Notiosorex evotis_, Mazatlán, Sinaloa Average 4 (♂) | 17.68 | 4.05 | 5.37 | 8.68 | 7.60 | 6.58 Minimum | 17.4 | 4.0 | 5.3 | 8.5 | 7.5 | 6.5 Maximum | 17.9 | 4.1 | 5.4 | 8.8 | 7.7 | 6.7 --------------------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+------- [Footnote A: After Hoffmeister and Goodpaster, 1954:51.] Average and extreme external measurements of the four males are as follows: total length, 93.2 (90-98); length of tail, 25.5 (23-27); length of hind foot, 11.9 (11-13); length of ear from notch, 7.7 (7-8); weight in grams, 5.4 (4.4-6.3). Cranial measurements are given in Table 1. _Notiosorex evotis_ was described by Coues (1877:652) on the basis of a single specimen, obtained at Mazatlán by Ferdinand Bischoff in 1868, that originally had at least the partial skull inside. Subsequently the skull was removed and evidently lost (Poole and Schantz, 1942:181). Coues named _evotis_ as a species distinct from _crawfordi_ (described by him in the same paper) on the basis of larger size, shorter tail, and alleged slight differences in color. He did not describe the skull, but did note that the dentition was "substantially the same as that of _N. crawfordi_." Evidently, the only other correctly identified specimen of _evotis_ on record is an individual from Mazatlán in the British Museum, the skull of which was figured by Dobson (1890:pl. 23, fig. 20). Merriam (1895:34) characterized _evotis_, known to him by only the holotype, as: "Similar to _N. crawfordi_, but slightly larger and darker." He did not examine the skull, which by that time had been "lost or mislaid." Merriam reduced _evotis_ to subspecific status under _crawfordi_ with the following remarks: "In the absence of sufficient material of _N. evotis_, it is impossible to determine its exact relations to _crawfordi_. Dobson did not recognize it as distinct, but figured its teeth under the name _crawfordi_ [_loc. cit._, possibly a _lapsus_]. For the present it seems best to retain it as a subspecies."