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
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