Diplomesodon Brandt 1852

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).