Neomys anomalus Cabrera, 1907 . Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 7, 20:214.

TYPE LOCALITY: Spain, "San Martin de la Vega, Jarama River, Madrid Prov. "

DISTRIBUTION: Temperate woodlands of Europe, from Portugal to Poland and east to Voronesh, Russia. Records from N Asia Minor and Iran uncertain.

SYNONYMS: amphibius, josti, milleri, mokrzeckii, rhenanus, soricoides (see Spitzenberger, 1990b).

COMMENTS: Sorex amphibius Brehm, 1826 is probably an earlier name for the species (von Knorre, pers. comm.), although it has to be treated as a nomen oblitum.