Sorex arizonae Diersing and Hoffmeister 1977

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Soricomorpha, Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 1, Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, pp. 220-311 : 284

Sorex arizonae Diersing and Hoffmeister 1977

Sorex arizonae Diersing and Hoffmeister 1977 , J. Mammal., 58: 329.

Type Locality: USA, "upper end of Miller Canyon, 15 mi S [= 10 mi. (16.1 km) S, 4¾ mi. (7.6 km) E] Fort Huachuca [near spring at lower edge of Douglas fir zone, Huachuca Mts.] Cochise County, Arizona ".

Vernacular Names: Arizona Shrew.

Distribution: Disjunct mountains in SE Arizona and SW New Mexico ( USA; see Conway and Schmitt, 1978 and Hoffmeister, 1986); one specimen from Sierra Madre Occidental of Chihuahua ( Mexico; see Caire et al., 1978).

Conservation: IUCN – Vulnerable.

Discussion: Refered to unnamed subgenus by George (1988). Close to emarginatus (see Diersing and Hoffmeister, 1977). Species reviewed by Simons and Hoffmeister (2003, Mammalian Species No. 732).