Blarina carolinensis (Bachman, 1837) . J. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., 7:366.

REVIEWED BY: J. R. Choate (JRC).

TYPE LOCALITY: U.S.A., E. South Carolina .

DISTRIBUTION: S. Illinois east to N. Virginia, and south through E. Texas and Florida (U.S.A.).

COMMENT: For specific status see Handley, 1979; Tate et al., 1980, Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash., 93:50- 60. Hall, 1981:54, listed carolinensis as a subspecies of brevicauda .

ISIS NUMBER: 5301403007002002001.