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

TYPE LOCALITY: "Darjeeling, India."

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

SYNONYMS: irene, leucops .

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