Mammals of Korea: a review of their taxonomy, distribution and conservation status Author Jo, Yeong-Seok Author Baccus, John T. Author Koprowski, John L. text Zootaxa 2018 2018-11-19 4522 1 1 216 journal article 27944 10.11646/zootaxa.4522.1.1 58e0c7c5-75ec-4b1b-beb0-d01527f710f9 1175-5326 2610198 C24EFA8A-A5A0-4B06-A0A9-632F542B9529 Sorex isodon Turov, 1924 —Taiga Shrew Sorex araneus tomensis isodon Turov, 1924 p.111 ; Type locality- Lake Baikal , Russia . S. gravesi Goodwin, 1933 p.3 ; Type locality-Monoma River , Eastern Siberia , Russia . S. araneus : Han, 1994 p.45 ; Won & Smith, 1999 p.9 . S. isodon : Han, 2004a p.33 . FIGURE 14. Range map of Sorex isodon in Korea. Range: The first collection of S. isodon occurred in 1999 on Mt. Odae in South Korea , but previous records in North Korea , possibly mistakenly identified genuine S. isodon as S. unguiculatus ( Ohdachi & Han 2005 ) . If the North Korean records represent S. isodon , the distribution would range throughout higher mountain ranges from central Korea northward into northern North Korea ( Kim et al. 2015 ; Fig. 14 ). Remarks: Previously, S. isodon was classified as a subspecies of S. araneus or S. sinalis . Since the name isodon had a prior use for an infrasubspecific taxon ( Sorex araneus tomensis isodon ), ‘ Turov, 1924 ’, isodon was considered an invalid name by Corbet (1978) . Therefore, gravesi Goodwin, 1933 preceded isodon Stroganov, 1936 as a species name. However, Hoffmann (1987) recommended the use of ‘ Sorex isodon Turov, 1924 ’ as an available name retaining the commonly used isodon instead of the unfamiliar gravesi . Hutterer (2005b) adopted Hoffmann’s recommendation. We followed this suggestion.