Soriculus Blyth, 1854

Rainer Hutterer, 1993, Order Insectivora, Mammal Species of the World (2 nd Edition), Washington and London: Smithsonian Institution Press, pp. 69-130 : 122

Soriculus Blyth, 1854 . J. Asiatic Soc. Bengal, 23:733.

TYPE SPECIES: Corsira nigrescens Gray, 1842 .

SYNONYMS: Chodsigoa, Episoriculus .

COMMENTS: Subfamily Soricinae , tribe Neomyini ; see Repenning (1967:45). Reumer (1984:14) claimed that Soriculini Kretzoi, 1965 , has priority over Neomyini Repenning, 1965 , however, Neomyini Matschie, 1909 , has priority over both. Includes Chodsigoa and Episoriculus as subgenera; see Ellerman and Morrison-Scott (1951) and Corbet (1978c:24); but also see Repenning (1967:52) and Jameson and Jones (1977:474-475), who considered Episoriculus a distinct genus. Gureev (1979:450-452) erroneously listed Chodsigoa as a subgenus of Notiosorex. Genus reviewed by Hoffmann (1985b).