Sorex asper Thomas, 1914

Rainer Hutterer, 1993, Order Insectivora, Mammal Species of the World (2 nd Edition), Washington and London: Smithsonian Institution Press, pp. 69-130 : 112

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scientific name	Sorex asper Thomas, 1914
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Sorex asper Thomas, 1914 . Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 8, 13:565.

TYPE LOCALITY: "Thian-shan [Tien-shan], Tekes Valley". Note on type specimen tag says "Jigalong" (= Dzhergalan?, see Hoffmann, 1987:119); Narynko'skii r-n., Alma-Ata Obi., Kazakhstan .

DISTRIBUTION: Tien Shan Mountains ( Kazakhstan and Sinkiang, China).

COMMENTS: Subgenus Sorex . Type locality discussed by Hoffmann (1987) and Pavlinov and Rossolimo (1987). Does not include excelsus as suggested by Corbet (1978c); see under that species. Reviewed by Hoffmann (1987), who discussed the relationship between asper and tundrensis .