Central Mexican broad-clawed shrew

{{Short description|Species of mammal}}

{{Speciesbox

| name = Central Mexican broad-clawed shrew

| status = DD | status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{cite iucn |author=Woodman, N. |author2=Matson, J. |author3=Cuarón, A.D. |author4=de Grammont, P.C. |date=2019 |title=Cryptotis alticola |volume=2019 |page=e.T136789A22284844 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-3.RLTS.T136789A22284844.en |access-date=19 November 2021}}

| genus = Cryptotis

| species = alticola

| authority = (Merriam, 1895)

| synonyms =

| range_map = Central Mexican Broad-clawed Shrew area.png

| range_map_caption = Central Mexican broad-clawed shrew range

}}

The Central Mexican broad-clawed shrew (Cryptotis alticola{{ITIS | id = 709773 | taxon = Cryptotis alticola | access-date = October 20, 2007 }}) is a species of mammal in the family Soricidae. It is found in the highlands above 2000 m in the Mexican states of Colima, Hidalgo, Jalisco, Michoacán, Mexico, Morelos, and Puebla, and in Mexico City.

Type locality: Mexico, Volcán Popocatépetl, 11,500 ft. (3505 m).