The black-backed shrew mole (Uropsilus atronates) is a species of mammal in the family Talpidae.
It is endemic to China, where it is only known from the vicinity of Mucheng in Yunnan Province.
It was formerly considered synonymous with the gracile shrew mole (U. gracilis), but a 2018 phylogenetic study found it to be a distinct species.
The study found it to be sister species to a clade comprising U. gracilis and a putative undescribed species of Uropsilus.
Both groups likely diverged during the early-mid Pleistocene.
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