Sorex (Sorex) daphaenodon Thomas 1907

Sorex (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".

Vernacular Names: Siberian Large-toothed Shrew.

Subspecies::

Subspecies Sorex (Sorex) daphaenodon subsp. daphaenodon Thomas 1907

Subspecies Sorex (Sorex) daphaenodon subsp. sanguinidens G. Allen 1914

Subspecies Sorex (Sorex) daphaenodon subsp. scaloni Ognev 1933

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

Conservation: IUCN – Lower Risk (lc).

Discussion: Subgenus Sorex, S. araneus group. Karyotype has 2n = 26-29, FN = 46. Type species of subgenus Stroganovia, see Yudin (1989), who recognized three subspecies, daphaenodon, sanguinidens, and scaloni. Okhotina (1993) transferred orii to caecutiens .