Sorex ornatus Merriam, 1895 . N. Am. Fauna, 10:79.

TYPE LOCALITY: U.S.A., California, Kern Co., San Emigdio Canyon, Mt. Pinos .

DISTRIBUTION: California coastal ranges from north of San Francisco Bay to N. Baja California; tip of Baja California.

COMMENT: Includes willeti; see Von Bloeker, 1967, Proc. Symp. on the Biol, of the Calif. Isis., p. 247. Probably includes juncensis and sinuosus; see Hall, 1981:40; Junge and Hoffmann, 1981:34.

ISIS NUMBER: 5301403007018027001.