Euroscaptor grandis Miller, 1940 . J. Mammal., 21:444.

TYPE LOCALITY: China, Sichuan, "Mount Omei, alt. 5000 feet ", = Omei-Shan .

DISTRIBUTION: N and S Bakbo and Cha-pa (Vietnam); S China.

COMMENTS: Often included in Talpa; but see Gureev (1979:272). Regarded as a synonym of [£]. micrura longirostris by Ellerman and Morrison-Scott (1966:40).