Sorex vagrans Baird, 1857 . Mammalia, in Repts. U.S. Expl. Surv., 8(1):15.

TYPE LOCALITY: USA, "Shoalwater Bay, W. T. [= Willapa Bay, Pacific Co., Washington]."

DISTRIBUTION: Riparian and montane areas of the N Great Basin and Columbia Plateau, north to S British Columbia and Vancouver Island (Canada); east to W Montana, W Wyoming, and Wasatch Mtns (Utah); C Nevada to Sierra Nevada (California).

SYNONYMS: amoenus, halicoetes, nevadensis, nigriculus, paludivagus, parvidens, shastensis, sukleyi, trigonirostris, vancouverensis.

COMMENTS: Subgenus Otisorex . Findley's (1955b) wide concept of the vagrans group was substantially modified by Hennings and Hoffmann (1977) and Junge and Hoffmann (1981).