Episoriculus fumidus (Thomas 1913)

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 : 278

Episoriculus fumidus (Thomas 1913)

[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’ [2438 m]".

Vernacular Names: Taiwanese Brown-toothed Shrew.

Distribution: Montane forests of Taiwan.

Conservation: IUCN – Lower Risk (lc) as Soriculus fumidus .

Discussion: Formerly included in caudatus by Ellerman and Morrison-Scott (1951:59), but see Jameson and Jones (1977:474) and Hoffmann (1985 b), who included sodalis (now in Chodsigoa ) in fumidus . Motokawa et al. (1998) described the karyotype (2n = 64, FN = 116) and distribution of Episoriculus fumidus that occurs symatrically with Chodsigoa sodalis in Taiwan. A RNA sequence was published by Querouil et al. (2001) and Corneli (2002) under the name Soriculus fumidus .