Sorex planiceps Miller, 1911 . Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington, 24:242.

TYPE LOCALITY: India, "Dachin, Khistwar, Kashmir (altitude, 9000 feet)" .

DISTRIBUTION: Kashmir (India) and N Pakistan.

COMMENTS: Considered a subspecies of thibetanus by Dolgov and Hoffmann (1977) and Hoffmann (1987), but retained by Hutterer (1979) because of larger skull measurements. The problem still remains unresolved.