Sorex (Sorex) hosonoi Imaizumi 1954

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 : 289

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scientific name	Sorex (Sorex) hosonoi Imaizumi 1954
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Sorex (Sorex) hosonoi Imaizumi 1954 , Bull. Natl. Sci. Mus. Tokyo, 35: 94.

Type Locality: "Tokiwa Mura (Maneki, about 900 m altitude, foot of Mt. Gaki, Japan Alps), Kita-Azumi Gun, Nagano Pref., Central Honsyû [= Honshu], Japan ".

Vernacular Names: Azumi Shrew.

Synonyms: Sorex (Sorex) shiroumanus Imaizumi 1954 .

Distribution: Montane forests of C Honshu ( Japan).

Conservation: IUCN – Vulnerable.

Discussion: Subgenus Sorex . Imaizumi (1970 b) reported that hosonoi occurs sympatrically with shinto and therefore should be considered as separate species ( Corbet, 1978 c). Ohdachi et al. (1997 a, 2001) demonstrated that the species is genetically related to minutissimus .