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 Mazatl['a]n 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 Mazatl['a]n 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."

Merriam's arrangement of _evotis_ as a subspecies of _crawfordi_ has
been followed by subsequent workers, mostly, we suppose, because
additional material of undoubted _evotis_ has not until now been
available. Comparisons of our four specimens with specimens (from
Jalisco, Sinaloa and Tamaulipas) and published descriptions and
measurements (see especially Hoffmeister and Goodpaster, 1954:46-47, 51)
of _crawfordi_ reveal that _evotis_ has a longer body and hind foot