Chimarrogale platycephala

(Temminck, 1843)

Japanese 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
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Temminck, C.J. 1843. Aflevering 1. Pp. 1–24 in Temminck, C.J. 1844. Fauna Japonica. Aperçu général et spécifique sur les mammifères qui habitent le Japon et les îles qui en dépendent. A. Arnz & Co., Leiden, 59 pp.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53607648

Original name as described

Sorex platycephalus

Other common names

Flat-headed Water Shrew

Type material

RMNH.MAM.39044.a, RMNH.MAM.39044.b, RMNH.MAM.39046.a, RMNH.MAM.39046.b, RMNH.MAM.39047

Type kind

syntypes

Type specimen URI

https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.39044.a https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.39044.b https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.39046.a https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.39046.b https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.39047

Type locality

near Nagasaki and Bungo, Kyushu, Japan.

Biogeographic realm

Palearctic

Country distribution

Japan

Taxonomy notes

previously spelt platycephalus, but ending changed from -us to -a for gender agreement

Taxonomy notes citation

Wilson D.E. & Mittermeier R.A. 2018. Handbook of the mammals of the world. Vol. 8. Insectivores, Colugos, and Sloths. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona.

IUCN Red List status

Not Evaluated

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004179

Country distribution map

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Names and synonyms

Present and past (if available) associated names to the species. Click on a name to view its details. If the list is long, scroll down to see more.

Sorex platycephalus

(Temminck, 1843)

Family

Soricidae

Root name

platycephala

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

RMNH.MAM.39044.a, RMNH.MAM.39044.b, RMNH.MAM.39046.a, RMNH.MAM.39046.b, RMNH.MAM.39047

Type kind

syntypes

Type specimen URI

https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.39044.a https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.39044.b https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.39046.a https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.39046.b https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.39047

Authority page

23

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53607648

Authority publication

Leiden

Name usages

Temminck (1843:23, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53607648) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/38350)

Chimarrogale platycephala

O. Thomas, 1898

Family

Soricidae

Root name

platycephala

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

247

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/19336036

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Thomas (1898:247, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/19336036) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/16290)
  2. Wilson & Mittermeier (2018:455) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57916)
  3. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004179) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)

Chimarrogale platycephalus

Hutterer, 2005

Family

Soricidae

Root name

platycephalus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

  1. Hutterer (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9714)
  2. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #40615) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  3. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #40615) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  4. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/40615/22282290) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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