Sorex daphaenodon Thomas, 1907 . Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1907:407.

TYPE LOCALITY: Russia, Sakhalin Isl, "Dariné, 25 miles [40 km] N.W. of Korsakoff, Saghalien" .

DISTRIBUTION: Ural Mountains to the Kolyma River (Siberia); Sakhalin Isl; Kamchatka Peninsula; Paramushir Isl (N Kuriles); Jilin and Nei Mongol Aut. Region (China).

SYNONYMS: orli, sanguinidens, scaloni.

COMMENTS: Type species of subgenus Stroganovia, see Yudin (1989), who recognized three subspecies, daphaenodon, sanguinidens, and scaloni.