Blarinella quadraticauda (Milne-Edwards, 1872) . Rech. Hist. Nat. Mamm., p. 261.
TYPE LOCALITY: China, Sichuan, "Moupin, Thibet oriental" .
DISTRIBUTION: Montane taiga forest of Gansu, Shaanxi, Sichuan, and Yunnan (China).
SYNONYMS: griselda.
COMMENTS: Includes griselda; see Ellerman and Morrison-Scott (1951) and Hoffmann (1987).