Scapanus orarius True, 1896 . Proc. U.S. Natl. Mus., 19:52.

TYPE LOCALITY: USA, Washington, Pacific Co., Shoalwater Bay (= Willapa Bay) .

DISTRIBUTION: SW British Columbia (Canada) to NW California, WC Idaho, N Oregon, C and SE Washington (USA).

SYNONYMS: schefferi, yakimensis.

COMMENTS: Includes schefferi as a subspecies; see Hartman and Yates (1985, Mammalian Species, 253).