Sorex (Sorex) satunini Ognev 1922

Sorex (Sorex) satunini Ognev 1922, Ann. Zool. Mus. Russ. Acad. Sci., 22: 311.

Type Locality: Turkey, Kars, Goele, "Gel'skaya kotlovina [depression], Mvuzaret".

Vernacular Names: Caucasian Shrew.

Distribution: N Turkey and Caucasus.

Conservation: IUCN – Lower Risk (lc).

Discussion: Subgenus Sorex; S. araneus group (Fumagalli et al., 1999). Karyotype has 2n = 24/25, FN = 46. Formerly referred to as caucasicus Satunin, which is now synonymized with raddei Satunin; see Pavlinov and Rossolimo (1987) and Zaitsev (1988). Sokolov and Tembotov (1989), who reviewed the distribution in Caucasus, used caucasicus for this species. Considered a distinct species by Graf et al. (1979).