Sorex tenellus Merriam, 1895 . N. Am. Fauna, 10:81.

TYPE LOCALITY: USA, "summit of Alabama Hills near Lone Pine, Owens Valley [Inyo Co.], California, about 45000 ft]."

DISTRIBUTION: Mountains of WC Nevada and EC California (USA).

SYNONYMS: myops.

COMMENTS: Subgenus Otisorex . Similar to nanus with which it may form an allospecies (Hoffmann and Owen, 1980, Mammalian Species, 131), but George (1988) retained both as separate species on the basis of allozyme frequencies.