Blarina carolinensis Bachman 1837

Blarina carolinensis Bachman 1837, J. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, 7: 366.

Type Locality: USA, "in the upper and maritime districts of South Carolina ".

Vernacular Names: Southern Short-tailed Shrew.

Subspecies::

Subspecies Blarina carolinensis subsp. carolinensis Bachman 1837

Subspecies Blarina carolinensis subsp. minima Lowery 1943

Subspecies Blarina carolinensis subsp. shermani Hamilton 1955

Distribution: S Illinois east to N Virginia, and south through E Texas and N Florida (USA).

Conservation: IUCN – Lower Risk (lc).

Discussion: For specific status see Genoways and Choate (1972) and Tate et al. (1980), for a general review Genoways and Choate (1998) and McCay (2001, Mammalian Species No. 673). Hall (1981:54) listed carolinensis as a subspecies of brevicauda . Karyotype has 2n = 36-46, FN = 48-49 (Genoways and Benedict, in Wilson and Ruff, 1999).