SORICIDAE G. Fischer, 1814

Jo, Yeong-Seok, Baccus, John T. & Koprowski, John L., 2018, Mammals of Korea: a review of their taxonomy, distribution and conservation status, Zootaxa 4522 (1), pp. 1-216 : 18

Family SORICIDAE G. Fischer, 1814

In Korea, the Family Soricidae represents two subfamilies, three genera and 12 species ( Churchfield 1990): (i) Soricinae (genera Sorex and Neomys ), residing in colder environments, and (ii) Crocidurinae (Genus Crocidura ) inhabiting warmer environs in Korea. Soricinae has limitations to high alpine habitats, and Crocidurinae commonly inhabits lower elevations throughout Korea.

Although previously listed as a Korean soricid, Crocidura dsinezumi in Korea was considered an erroneous identification ( Motokawa et al. 2003, Jo et al. 2012). Also, S. araneus was often listed as a mammal of Korea because Sorex isodon was registered as a subspecies of S. araneus ( Hoffmann & Lunde 2008) . The presence of S. unguiculatus was alleged in Korea, but the specimen was confused with S. a. isodon and erroneously identified ( Ohdachi & Han 2005). Therefore, the three soricid species C. dsinezumi , S. araneus and S. unguiculatus are delisted here and not considered in the list of Korean mammals (see below).