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GENUS Diplomesodon
Author: | Brandt, 1852. | Citation: | Beitr. Kenntn. Russ. Reiches, 17: 299. | Type Species: | Sorex pulchellus Lichtenstein, 1823. | Comments: | For placement in Crocidurinae see Repenning (1967:15). A study of protein evolution (Maddalena, in Ruedi, 1998) showed that Diplomesodon is closely related to Crocidura. Repenning (1965) named a species from the Pleistocene of South Africa in this genus which, however, does not belong here (Butler, 1998). |
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