Episoriculus Ellermann and Morrison-Scott 1966

Episoriculus Ellermann and Morrison-Scott 1966, Checklist of Palaearctic and Indian Mammals 1758 to 1946, second ed.: 56.

Type Species: Sorex caudatus Horsfield 1851

Species and subspecies: 4 species with 5 subspecies:

Species Episoriculus caudatus (Horsfield 1851)

Subspecies Episoriculus caudatus subsp. caudatus Horsfield 1851

Subspecies Episoriculus caudatus subsp. sacratus Thomas 1911

Subspecies Episoriculus caudatus subsp. umbrinus G. Allen 1923

Species Episoriculus fumidus (Thomas 1913)

Species Episoriculus leucops (Horsfield 1855)

Subspecies Episoriculus leucops subsp. leucops Horsfield 1855

Subspecies Episoriculus leucops subsp. baileyi Thomas 1914

Species Episoriculus macrurus (Blanford 1888)

Discussion: Described as a subgenus of Soriculus and often included in that genus (Hoffmann, 1985 b). Hutterer (1994 b) presented evidence that Soriculus, Episoriculus and Chodsigoa are not closely related to each other, and that Pleistocene and Pliocene shrews from Europe referred to Episoriculus by many authors (e.g., Rzebik-Kowalska, 1981) belong to the extinct genus Asoriculus, a conclusion widely accepted by paleontologists (Reumer, 1998; Rzebik-Kowalska, 2002).