Neomys Kaup, 1829 . Skizz. Entwickel.-Gesch. Nat. Syst. Europ. Thierwelt, 1:117.

TYPE SPECIES: Sorex daubentonii Erxleben, 1777 (= Sorex fodiens Pennant, 1771).

SYNONYMS: Crossopus, Hydrogale, Leucorrhynchus, Pinalea.

COMMENTS: Type genus of tribe Neomyini Repenning, 1967, for which Reumer (1984:14) used Soriculini Kretzoi, 1965 . However, both are antedated by Neomyini Matschie, 1909 .