Chimarrogale styani

de Winton, 1899

Chinese 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

de Winton, W.E. 1899-10. On Chinese mammals, principally from western Sechuen. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1899(3):572-578.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30951617

Original name as described

Chimarrogale styani

Other common names

Styan's Water Shrew

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1899.3.1.8

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/4f75d448-d859-481f-9ed0-3f491c88277f

Type locality

"Yang-liu-pa [= Yangliu ba, Pingwu], N.W. Sechuen [= Sichuan]," China.

Biogeographic realm

Palearctic · Indomalaya

Country distribution

China · Myanmar · India?

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004180

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.

Chimarrogale styani

de Winton, 1899

Family

Soricidae

Root name

styani

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1899.3.1.8

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/4f75d448-d859-481f-9ed0-3f491c88277f

Authority page

574

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30951617

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Name usages

  1. Corbet & Hill (1980:32) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  2. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:69) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  3. Hutterer (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9714)
  4. Smith & Xie (2008:307) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/64149)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #40616) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  6. Wilson & Mittermeier (2018:455) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57916)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #40616) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  8. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004180) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  9. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/40616/115175620) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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