Episoriculus macrurus (Blanford 1888)

[Soriculus] macrurus Blanford 1888, Fauna Brit. India, Vol. 1: 231.

Type Locality: India, Darjeeling.

Vernacular Names: Long-tailed Mountain Shrew.

Synonyms: Episoriculus irene (Thomas 1911) .

Distribution: C Nepal to W and S China and to N Burma and Vietnam.

Conservation: IUCN – Lower Risk (lc) as Soriculus macrurus .

Discussion: Formerly confused with leucops, but shown to be a distinct species by Hoffmann (1985 b).