Blarinomys breviceps (Winge, 1887) . E Museo Lundii, 1 (3):34.

TYPE LOCALITY: Brazil, Minas Gerais, Rio das Velhas, Pleistocene cave deposits near Lagoa Santa .

DISTRIBUTION: Bahia to Minas Gerais and Rio de Janeiro, SE Brazil.

COMMENTS: See Matson and Abravaya (1977, Mammalian Species, 74).