Sorex sinalis Thomas, 1912 . Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 8, 10:398.

TYPE LOCALITY: China, Shaanxi, " 45 miles S.E. of Feng-siang-fu [Feng Xian], Shen-si, 10,500'" .

DISTRIBUTION: C and W China.

COMMENTS: Subgenus Sorex . Formerly regarded as conspecific with isodon; see Corbet (1978c) and Hoffmann (1987) for discussion and specific boundaries.