Azumi shrew

{{short description|Species of mammal}}

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| name = Azumi shrew

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| status = LC | status_system = IUCN3.1

| genus = Sorex

| species = hosonoi

| authority = Imaizumi, 1954

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| range_map = Azumi Shrew area.png

| range_map_caption = Azumi shrew range

|status_ref={{cite iucn |author=Laginha Pinto Correia, D. |date=2016 |title=Sorex hosonoi |volume=2016 |page=e.T20386A22315765 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-1.RLTS.T20386A22315765.en |access-date=15 November 2021}}

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The Azumi shrew (Sorex hosonoi) is a species of mammal in the family Soricidae. It is endemic to Japan, where it is found in the mountainous regions of central Honshu Island. It is a close relative of the Eurasian least shrew (Sorex minutissimus).{{Cite journal|last=Moribe|first=Junji|last2=Noro|first2=Tatsuya|last3=Oda|first3=Sen-ichi|date=March 2007|title=The karotype of the Azumi Shrew Sorex hosonoi|journal=Acta Theriologica|volume=52|issue=1|pages=69–74|via=Springer Nature|doi=10.1007/bf03194201}} It is threatened by habitat loss.