Sorex araneus tomensis isodon Turov, 1924 p.111
S. gravesi Goodwin, 1933 p.3
S. araneus : Han, 1994 p.45
Won & Smith, 1999 p.9
S. isodon : Han, 2004a p.33
Mammals of Korea: a review of their taxonomy, distribution and conservation status
Jo, Yeong-Seok
Baccus, John T.
Koprowski, John L.
Zootaxa
2018
2018-11-19
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7WW7S
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Turov, 1924
Turov
1924
[151,459,152,178]
Mammalia
Soricidae
Sorex
Animalia
Soricomorpha
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28
Chordata
species
isodon
Sorex araneus tomensis isodon Turov, 1924 p.111; Typelocality- Lake Baikal, Russia. S. gravesi Goodwin, 1933 p.3; Typelocality-Monoma River, Eastern Siberia, Russia. S. araneus: Han, 1994 p.45; Won & Smith, 1999 p.9. S. isodon: Han, 2004a p.33.
Range:The first collection of S. isodonoccurred in 1999 on Mt. Odae in South Korea, but previous records in North Korea, possibly mistakenly identified genuine S. isodonas S. unguiculatus( Ohdachi & Han 2005). If the North Korean records represent S. isodon,the distribution would range throughout higher mountain ranges from central Koreanorthward into northern North Korea( Kim et al.2015; Fig. 14).
Remarks:Previously, S. isodonwas classified as a subspecies of S. araneusor S. sinalis. Since the name isodonhad a prior use for an infrasubspecific taxon ( Sorex araneus tomensis isodon), ‘ Turov, 1924’, isodonwas considered an invalid name by Corbet (1978). Therefore, gravesi Goodwin, 1933preceded isodonStroganov, 1936as a species name. However, Hoffmann (1987)recommended the use of ‘ Sorex isodon Turov, 1924’ as an available name retaining the commonly used isodoninstead of the unfamiliar gravesi. Hutterer (2005b)adopted Hoffmann’s recommendation. We followed this suggestion.