Sorex araneus Linnaeus, 1758 . Syst. Nat., 10th ed„ 1:53.

REVIEWED BY: M. Andera (MA).

TYPE LOCALITY: Sweden, Uppsala .

DISTRIBUTION: W. Europe (excluding Iberia and Ireland) to Lake Baikal and Yenesei River (U.S. S. R.).

COMMENT: Referred to as "chromosome type B", or "NF 40 karyospecies"; see Meylan and Hausser, 1978, Mammalia, 42:115- 122. See also comments under coronatus and granarius . Does not include gemellus; see Hausser, 1978, Mammalia, 42:329-341, who included gemellus in coronatus . Includes Blarina pyrrhonota Jentink, 1910, which was assigned to Cryptotis surinamensis by Cabrera, 1958:47; however, Husson, 1963, Studies on the Fauna of Surinam and other Guyanas, 13:35-37, showed that the locality information was incorrect and that it is Sorex araneus .

ISIS NUMBER: 5301403007018003001 as S. araneus .

5301403007006022001 as Cryptotis surinamensis .