Order Insectivora Author Rainer Hutterer text 1993 Smithsonian Institution Press Washington and London Editor Don E. Wilson Editor DeeAnn M. Reeder Mammal Species of the World (2 nd Edition) 69 130 book chapter http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7353085 1-56098-217-9 7353085 Blarina carolinensis (Bachman, 1837) . J. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia , 7:366 . TYPE LOCALITY: USA , "in the upper and maritime districts of South Carolina " . DISTRIBUTION: S Illinois east to N Virginia , and south through E Texas and N Florida ( USA ). SYNONYMS: peninsulae, shermani. COMMENTS: For specific status see Genoways and Choate (1972) and Tate et al. (1980) . Hall (1981:54) listed carolinensis as a subspecies of brevicauda . The Florida population (peninsulae) may represent a valid species ( George et al., 1982 ).