Blarina hylophaga Elliot, 1899 . Field Columb. Mus. Pubi., Zool. Ser., 1:287.

TYPE LOCALITY: USA, Oklahoma, Murray Co., Dougherty .

DISTRIBUTION: USA: S Nebraska and SW Iowa south to S Texas; east to Missouri and NW Arkansas; Oklahoma; extending into Louisiana.

SYNONYMS: mimina, plumbea.

COMMENTS: Original spelling hulophaga Elliot, 1899, corrected to hylophaga by Elliot (1905). Formerly included in carolinensis, but separated as a distinct species by George et al. (1981).