Correction for the misidentification of a shrew in Sakhalin by Abe et al. (1997), by analysis of the full nucleotide sequence of the mitochondrial cytochrome b gene

Abstract

One shrew specimen which is identified as Sorex unguiculatus in Abe et al. (1997) was reexamined. According to morphological characters and nucleotide sequences of the mitochondrial cytochrome b gene, it is reidentified as Sorex isodon.