Soriculus fumidus Thomas, 1913 . Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 8, 11: 216.

TYPE LOCALITY: Taiwan, Chiai Hsien, "Mt. Arisan (= Alishan); Central Formosa. Alt. 8,000'" .

DISTRIBUTION: Montane forests of Taiwan.

SYNONYMS: sodalis.

COMMENTS: Subgenus Episoriculus . Formerly included in caudatus by Ellerman and Morrison-Scott (1951:59), but see Jameson and Jones (1977:474) and Hoffmann (1985b), who included sodalis in fumidus . Additional specimens now suggest that sodalis may prove distinct (Hoffmann, in litt.).