Blarina hylophaga Elliot, 1899 . Field Columb. Mus. Publ., Zool. Ser., 1:287.

TYPE LOCALITY: U.S.A., Oklahoma, Murray Co., Dougherty .

DISTRIBUTION: S. Nebraska and S. W. Iowa south to S. Texas; east to Missouri and N.W. Arkansas (U.S.A.). Perhaps N.E. Louisiana.

COMMENT: Formerly included in carolinensis, but separated as a distinct species by George, et al., 1981, Ann. Carnegie Mus., 50(21):493-513.