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leys from northern Kansas and west-central Illinois northwestward over Iowa, 

 eastern Nebraska, eastern South Dakota, eastern North Dakota, western Min- 

 nesota, and western Wisconsin; intergrading with kirtlandi in Illinois, Wisconsin 

 and northwestern Michigan (Bole and Moulthrop, Sci. Puhl. Cleveland Mus. Nat. 

 Hist., vol. 5, No. 6, p. 103, Sept. 11, 1942) . 



Blarina brevicauda manitobensis R. M. Anderson* 



1947. Blarina brevicauda manitobensis R. M. Anderson, Nat. Mus. Canada 

 Bull. 102 (1946), p. 23, Jan. 24, 1947. 



Type Locality. — Max Lake, Turtle Mountains, Manitoba, Canada. Altitude 

 about 2,100 feet. Range. — Southern Manitoba from near eastern boundary west 

 to Turtle Mountains, Riding Mountain National Park, and Dauphin; north to 

 Lake St. Martin and Lake Winnipegosis; probably occurs in northwestern Min- 

 nesota and northeastern North Dakota near Canadian boundary. 



Blarina brevicauda kirtlandi Bole and Moulthrop* 



1942. Blarina brevicauda kirtlandi Bole and Moulthrop, Sci. Publ. Cleveland 

 Mus. Nat. Hist., vol. 5, No. 6, p. 99, Sept. 11, 1942. 



Type Locality. — The Holden Arboretum, Kirtland Tov/nship, Lake County, and 

 Chardon Township, Geauga County, Ohio. (County line bisects type locality.) 

 Range. — From northwestern Michigan, central Wisconsin, and central Illinois, 

 east to southeastern West Virginia, eastern Pennsylvania, and southwestern New 

 York. 



Blarina brevicauda talpoides (Gapper) * 



1830. Sorex talpoides Gapper, Zool. Journ. vol. 5, p. 202. 



1858. Blarina angusticeps Bairdf , Mammals, in Rep. Expl. Surv. Railr. to Pa- 

 cific, vol. 8, pt. 1 (Washington, 1857), p. 47, July 14, 1858. (Burlington, 

 Chittenden County, Vt. Regarded by Merriam, North Amer. Fauna No. 10, 

 p. 10, Dec. 31, 1895, as a deformed skull. See also Bole and Moulthrop, Sci. 

 Publ. Cleveland Mus. Nat. Hist., vol. 5, No. 6, p. Ill, Sept. 11, 1942). 

 1902. Blarina brevicauda talpoides Bangs, Proc. New England Zool. Club, vol. 



3, p. 75, Mar. 31, 1902. 

 Type Locality. — Between York and Lake Simcoe, Ontario, Canada. Range. — 

 Western and southern Ontario (Great Lakes region), most parts of southern 

 Quebec, and western New Brunswick (Anderson, Nat. Mus. Canada Bull. 102 

 (1946) , p. 24, January 24, 1947) ; and in less typical form, New York, northeast- 

 ern Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and southern New England from Connecticut and 

 Cape Cod at least as far north as Sagadohoc County, Maine (Bole and Moulthrop, 

 loc cit.) . 



Blarina brevicauda angusta Anderson 



1943. Blarina brevicauda angusta Anderson, Ann. Rep. Provancher Soc. Nat. 

 Hist., Quebec, 1942, p. 52, Sept. 7, 1943. 



Type Locality. — Kelly's Camp, Berry Mountain Brook, near head of Grand 

 Cascapedia River, Gaspe County, Quebec, Canada. Altitude, about 1,600 feet. 

 Range. — Gaspe Peninsula from sea level up to about 1,600 feet in interior; and 

 Madawaska County, Baker Lake, Edmundston, and St. Leonard in northwestern 

 New Brunswick (Anderson, Nat. Mus. Canada Bull. 102 (1946), p. 23, Jan. 

 24, 1947) . 



