Condylura cristata (Linnaeus, 1758) . Syst. Nat., 10th ed., 1:53.

TYPE LOCALITY: USA, Pennsylvania .

DISTRIBUTION: Georgia and NW South Carolina (USA) to Nova Scotia and Labrador (Canada); Great Lakes region to SE Manitoba.

SYNONYMS: longicaudata, macroura, nigra, parva, prasinatus, radiata.

COMMENTS: Includes parva as a subspecies; see review by Peterson and Yates (1980, Mammalian Species, 129).