The grizzled Mexican small-eared shrew (''Cryptotis obscura'') is a small mammal in the order Eulipotyphla. It is native to the

Sierra Madre Oriental The Sierra Madre Oriental () is a mountain range in northeastern Mexico. The Sierra Madre Oriental is part of the American Cordillera, a chain of mountain ranges (cordillera) that consists of an almost continuous sequence of mountain ranges that f ...

of eastern Mexico. It can be found in dense, wet

cloud forest A cloud forest, also called a water forest, primas forest, or tropical montane cloud forest (TMCF), is a generally tropical or subtropical, evergreen, montane, moist forest characterized by a persistent, frequent or seasonal low-level cloud c ...

, where it is found in the thick herbaceous undergrowth and leaf litter. It is known to be insectivorous and terrestrial. Threats to the species are deforestation for agriculture and urban development.

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Cryptotis Endemic mammals of Mexico Fauna of the Sierra Madre Oriental Mammals described in 1895 {{redtoothed-shrew-stub