Sclater's shrew (''Sorex sclateri'') is a species of

mammal Mammals () are a group of vertebrate animals constituting the class Mammalia (), characterized by the presence of mammary glands which in females produce milk for feeding (nursing) their young, a neocortex (a region of the brain), fur or ...

in the family Soricidae. It is

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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 Guatema ...

. Sclater's shrew is known only from two locations in Chiapas, the type locality in Tumbala at elevation, and from one other location near the border with Guatemala. The area of the type locality is only 7 km², considering the habitat availability. Its habitat is montane cloud forest.

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* Sorex Endemic mammals of Mexico Chiapas montane forests Taxonomy articles created by Polbot Mammals described in 1897 {{redtoothed-shrew-stub