Sorex (Sorex) unguiculatus Dobson 1890

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Sorex (Sorex) unguiculatus Dobson 1890

Sorex (Sorex) unguiculatus Dobson 1890 , Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 6, 5: 155.

Type Locality: Russia, "Saghalien [Sakhalin] Island; Nikolajewsk, at the mouth of the Amur River." Ognev (1928:204) and Ellerman and Morrison-Scott (1951:52) both restricted the type locality to Sakhalin Isl.

Vernacular Names: Long-clawed Shrew.

Synonyms: Sorex (Sorex) yesoensis Kishida 1924 .

Distribution: Pacific coast of Siberia from Vladivostok to the Amur, and the islands of Sakhalin ( Russia) and Hokkaido ( Japan); from Corbet (1978 c).

Conservation: IUCN – Lower Risk (lc).

Discussion: Subgenus Sorex , S. caecutiens group. Karyotype has 2n = 42, FN = 68-70. The inclusion of yesoensis follows Abe (1967). Skaren (1964) suggested a relationship with obscurus (= monticolus ) but this was rejected by Siivonen (1965) and Hoffmann (1971).