Order Insectivora Author James H. Honacki Author Kenneth E. Kinman Author James W. Koeppl text 1982 Alien Press, Inc. & The Association of Systematics Collections Lawrence, Kansas, USA Editor James H. Honacki Editor Kenneth E. Kinman Editor James W. Koeppl Mammal Species of the World (1 st Edition) 58 106 book chapter http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7353001 0-89327-235-3 7353001 Sorex excelsus G. M. Allen, 1923 . Am. Mus . Novit., 100:4 . TYPE LOCALITY: China , W. Yunnan , summit of Ho Shan, Peitei, 30 mi. ( 48 km ) S. Chungtien, 13,000 ft. ( 3962 m ) . DISTRIBUTION: Yunnan , ( China ). COMMENT: Possibly a subspecies of asper ; see Corbet, 1978:21.