Diplomesodon Brandt 1852

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Soricomorpha, Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 1, Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, pp. 220-311 : 255

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scientific name	Diplomesodon Brandt 1852
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Diplomesodon Brandt 1852 , Beitr. Kenntn. Russ. Reiches, 17: 299.

Type Species: Sorex pulchellus Lichtenstein 1823

Species and subspecies: 1 species:

Species Diplomesodon pulchellum (Lichtenstein 1823)

Discussion: For placement in Crocidurinae see Repenning (1967:15). A study of protein evolution (Maddalena, in Ruedi, 1998) showed that Diplomesodon is closely related to Crocidura . Repenning (1965) named a species from the Pleistocene of South Africa in this genus which, however, does not belong here ( Butler, 1998).