Sorex merriami Dobson, 1890 . A Monogr. of the Insectivora - Systematic and Anatomical. Part 3 (Soricidae), Fasc. 1, pl. 23.

TYPE LOCALITY: U.S.A. Montana, Bighorn Co., Little Bighorn River, ca. 1 mi. (1.6 km) above Ft. Custer(= Hardin) .

DISTRIBUTION: E.C. Washington to N. and E. California to S. and C. Arizona, northeastward to W. Nebraska, E. Wyoming and Montana; perhaps W. North Dakota (U.S.A.).

COMMENT: Reviewed by Armstrong and Jones, 1971, Mamm. Species, 2:1 -2.

ISIS NUMBER: 5301403007018021001.