Sorex coronatus Miller, 1828 . Faune de Maine-et-Loire. I. Rosier, Paris, p. 18.

TYPE LOCALITY: France, Maine-et-Loire, Blou .

DISTRIBUTION: N. Spain to W. West Germany, W. Austria, Liechtenstein, N. Switzerland; Jersey (Channel Isis.).

COMMENT: Considered a distinct species by Meylan and Hausser, 1978, Mammalia, 42:115. Includes gemellus; referred to as “chromosome type A" or “NF 44 karyospecies"; see Hausser, 1978, Mammalia, 42:329-341.