Scaptochirus moschatus Milne-Edwards, 1867 . Ann. Sci. Nat. Zool. (Paris), 7:375.

TYPE LOCALITY: "En Mongolie "; Swanhwafu, 100 mi. (161 km) NW of Peking, China .

DISTRIBUTION: NE China: Hopei, Shantung, Shansi, Shensi.

SYNONYMS: davidianus (?).

COMMENTS: Included in micrura by Ellerman and Morrison-Scott (1966:40); but see Corbet (1978c:36). Grulich (1982) pointed out that Scaptochirus davidianus Milne-Edwards, 1884, so far regarded as a synonym of moschatus, may be an earlier name for Talpa streeti Lay, 1965 .