Chimarrogale himalayica (Gray, 1842) . Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., 10:261.

TYPE LOCALITY: India, Punjab, Chamba .

DISTRIBUTION: Kashmir through S. E. Asia to Sumatra and Borneo; C. and S. China; Japan; Taiwan.

COMMENT: Includes leander, platycephala, varennei, and probably hantu; see Corbet, 1978:31. Gureev, 1979:458, listed leander, hantu, platycephala, and varennei as distinct species without comment. Species reviewed by Jones and Mumford, 1971, J. Mammal., 52:228-232. Medway, 1977:21 considered phaeura as a subspecies of himalayica; but Corbet, 1978:32, maintained styani and phaeura as separate species.

ISIS NUMBER: 5301403007004002001 as C. platycephala.