Sorex fumeus G. M. Miller, 1895 . N. Am. Fauna, 10:50.

TYPE LOCALITY: USA, "Peterboro [Madison Co.], New York."

DISTRIBUTION: S Ontario, S Quebec, New Brunswick, and Nova Scotia (Canada); all of New England and Appalachian Mtns and adjacent areas to NE Georgia (USA).

SYNONYMS: umbrosus.

COMMENTS: Subgenus Otisorex . Reviewed by Owen (1984, Mammalian Species, 215). Overlaps in distribution and may be easily confused with arcticus in part of its range (Junge and Hoffmann, 1981).