Chimarrogale leander
O. Thomas, 1902
Leander's Water Shrew
Taxonomy
| Subclass | : Theria |
| Infraclass | : Placentalia |
| Magnorder | : Boreoeutheria |
| Superorder | : Laurasiatheria |
| Order | : Eulipotyphla |
| Suborder | : Erinaceota |
| Family | : Soricidae |
| Subfamily | : Soricinae |
| Tribe | : Nectogalini |
| Genus | : Chimarrogale |
| Subgenus | : Chimarrogale |
Species status
Living
Found in the wild
Authority citation
Thomas, O. 1902-08-01. On two new mammals from China. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (7)10(56):163-166.
Authority publication link
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/19338966Original name as described
Chimarrogale leander
Other common names
Taiwanese Water Shrew
Type material
BMNH:Mamm:1902.6.10.3
Type kind
holotype
Type specimen URI
https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/12b86004-1e34-4866-ae56-81189dc091b6Type locality
"Kuatun [= Guadun], N.W. Fokien [= Fujian Province, China]. Altitude 1200 m."
Biogeographic realm
Indomalaya
Country distribution
China · Taiwan
Taxonomy notes
split from C. himalayica
Taxonomy notes citation
Abramov, A. V., Bannikova, A. A., Lebedev, V. S., & Rozhnov, V. V. (2017). Revision of Chimarrogale (Lipotyphla: Soricidae) from Vietnam with comments on taxonomy and biogeography of Asiatic water shrews. Zootaxa, 4232(2), 216-230.
IUCN Red List status
Not Evaluated
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