Sorex dispar Batchelder, 1911 . Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington, 24:97.

TYPE LOCALITY: USA, "Beede's (sometimes called Keene Heights), in the township of Keene, Essex county, New York ". Redescribed by Martin (1966:131) as 0.6 mi S, 0.5 mi E St. Huberts, Essex Co., New York, lat. 44°09', long. 73°46' .

DISTRIBUTION: Appalachian Mtns from North Carolina to Maine; S New Brunswick, Nova Scotia (Canada).

SYNONYMS: blitchi; macrurus (Batchelder, not of Lehmann).

COMMENTS: Subgenus Otisorex . For comparison with gaspensis see Kirkland and Van Deusen (1979). Reviewed by Kirkland (1981, Mammalian Species, 155).