Sorex (Ognevia) mirabilis Ognev 1937

Sorex (Ognevia) mirabilis Ognev 1937, Byull. Moskow Ova. Ispyt. Prir. Otd. Biol., 46 (5): 268.

Type Locality: Russia, Primorskii Krai, Ussuriiskii r-n., Kamenka River (specified by Pavlinov and Rossolimo (1987).

Vernacular Names: Ussuri Shrew.

Synonyms: Sorex (Ognevia) kutscheruki Stroganov 1956 .

Distribution: N and S Korea, NE China, and Ussuri region (Russia).

Conservation: IUCN – Lower Risk (lc).

Discussion: Placed in monotypic subgenus Ognevia by Heptner and Dolgov (1967), who demonstrated that mirabilis is not conspecific with pacificus, as had been suggested earlier (Bobrinskii et al., 1965). Hutterer (1982 b) suggested a closer relationship with Sorex (Homalurus) alpinus because of shared derived features of genital morphology. Karyotype has 2n = 38, FN = 66 (Zima et al., 1998).