Chimarrogale himalayica (Gray, 1842) . Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., [ser. 1], 10:261.

TYPE LOCALITY: " India ", Punjab, Chamba .

DISTRIBUTION: Kashmir through SE Asia to Indochina; C and S China; Taiwan.

SYNONYMS: leander, varennei.

COMMENTS: Corbet (1978c) included leander, platycephala, varennei, and probably hantu in himalayica . Gureev (1979) listed leander, hantu, platycephala, and varennei as distinct species without comment; both views are only partially accepted here. Species reviewed by Jones and Mumford (1971) and Hoffmann (1987).