The Zacatecas shrew (''Sorex emarginatus'') is a species of mammal in the family Soricidae. It is

endemic Endemism is the state of a species being found in a single defined geographic location, such as an island, state, nation, country or other defined zone; organisms that are indigenous to a place are not endemic to it if they are also found els ...

Mexico Mexico ( Spanish: México), officially the United Mexican States, is a country in the southern portion of North America. It is bordered to the north by the United States; to the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; to the southeast by Guate ...

. It inhabits the southeastern

Sierra Madre Occidental The Sierra Madre Occidental is a major mountain range system of the North American Cordillera, that runs northwest–southeast through northwestern and western Mexico, and along the Gulf of California. The Sierra Madre is part of the American ...

of Durango, Zacatecas, and Jalisco states, from elevation.

References

Endemic mammals of Mexico Fauna of the Sierra Madre Occidental Sorex Taxonomy articles created by Polbot Mammals described in 1925 {{redtoothed-shrew-stub