†Cryptotis meadensis Hibbard 1953 (small-eared shrew)
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Mammalia - Theriamorpha - Soricidae
Belongs to Cryptotis according to Hibbard 1953
See also Kurten and Anderson 1980
Sister taxa: Cryptotis adamsi, Cryptotis floridana, Cryptotis kansasensis, Cryptotis mexicana, Cryptotis parva, Cryptotis peregrina, Cryptotis phillipsii
Type specimen: Its type locality is Fox Canyon, which is in a Blancan terrestrial horizon in the Rexroad Formation of Kansas
Ecology: ground dwelling omnivore
Distribution: found only at Fox Canyon
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