Sorex bedfordiae Thomas, 1911 . Abstr. Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 90:30.

TYPE LOCALITY: China, Szechwan, Omisan, 9500 ft. (2896 m) .

DISTRIBUTION: Montane forests of S. Kansu and W. Shensi to Yunnan (China); adjacent Burma and Nepal.

COMMENT: Includes gomphus, nepalensis, and wardii; formerly considered a subspecies of cylindricauda; see Corbet, 1978:24.