Order Soricomorpha Author Wilson, Don E. Author Reeder, DeeAnn text 2005 The Johns Hopkins University Press Baltimore Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 1 220 311 book chapter 0-8018-8221-4 10.5281/zenodo.7316519 Anourosorex schmidi Petter 1963 Anourosorex schmidi Petter 1963 , Mammalia , 27: 444 . Type Locality: India , Arunachal Pradesh , Bombdila, 2700 m . Vernacular Names: Giant Mole Shrew . Distribution: NE India ( Sikkim , Arunachal Pradesh ) and Bhutan . Discussion: Petter (1963) described this taxon as a subspecies of A. squamipes , a decision followed by most authors ( Hutterer, 1993 a ; Mandal and Das, 1969 ; Motokawa and Lin, 2002 ). A study of the holotype ( MNHN Paris) and the discovery (in FMNH Chicago) of another specimen from Sikkim however reveals that A. schmidi is a giant form that deserves species status. Saha (1978) reported a similarly sized specimen from Gomchu, Bhutan . This mole shrew has a very large skull (condylo-incisive length 29.1-30.5 mm) and a bulbous dentition not found in any other population. The species appears to be confined to the SE slopes of the Himalayas.