Sorex hosonoi

Imaizumi, 1954

Azumi Shrew

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Boreoeutheria
Superorder : Laurasiatheria
Order : Eulipotyphla
Suborder : Erinaceota
Family : Soricidae
Subfamily : Soricinae
Tribe : Soricini
Genus : Sorex
Subgenus : Sorex

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Imaizumi, Y. 1954. New species and subspecies of Sorex from Japan (Mammalia; Insectivora). Bulletin of the National Science Museum, Tokyo (n.s.)1:94-102.

Original name as described

Sorex hosonoi

Type material

NSMT-M 1206

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

foot of Mt. Gaki, c.900 m, Maneki, Kita-azumi District, Tokiwa village, Nagano Prefecture, Central Honshu, Japan.

Biogeographic realm

Palearctic

Country distribution

Japan

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004243

Country distribution map

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Names and synonyms

Present and past (if available) associated names to the species. Click on a name to view its details. If the list is long, scroll down to see more.

Sorex hosonoi

Imaizumi, 1954

Family

Soricidae

Root name

hosonoi

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

NSMT-M 1206

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

94

Authority publication

Bulletin of the National Science Museum, Tokyo

Name usages

  1. Corbet & Hill (1980:25) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  2. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:93) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  3. Hutterer (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9714)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #20386) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  5. Wilson & Mittermeier (2018:397) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57916)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #20386) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004243) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  8. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/20386/22315765) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Sorex hosonoi shiroumanus

Imaizumi, 1954

Family

Soricidae

Root name

shiroumanus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

NSMT-M 1381

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

97

Authority publication

Bulletin of the National Science Museum, Tokyo

Name usages

Hutterer (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9714)

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