Scalopus Desmarest, 1804 . Tabi. Meth. Hist. Nat., in Nouv. Diet. Hist. Nat., 24: 14.

TYPE SPECIES: Sorex aquaticus Linnaeus, 1758 .

SYNONYMS: Talpasorex Lesson (not Schinz).

COMMENTS: Tribe Scalopini . Reviewed by Yates and Schmidly (1978). Commonly cited from "É. Geoffroy, 1803. Cat. Mamm. Mus. d'Hist. Nat., p. 77", but this work was never published (see Appendix I).