Chimarrogale hantu
J. L. Harrison, 1958
Malayan Water Shrew
Taxonomy
| Subclass | : Theria |
| Infraclass | : Placentalia |
| Magnorder | : Boreoeutheria |
| Superorder | : Laurasiatheria |
| Order | : Eulipotyphla |
| Suborder | : Erinaceota |
| Family | : Soricidae |
| Subfamily | : Soricinae |
| Tribe | : Nectogalini |
| Genus | : Chimarrogale |
| Subgenus | : Crossogale |
Species status
Authority citation
Harrison, J.L. 1958-10-27. _Chimarrogale hantu_ a new water shrew from the Malay Peninsula, with a note on the genera Chimarrogale and Crossogale (Insectivora, Soricidae). Annals and Magazine of Natural History (13)1(4):282-290.
Authority publication link
https://doi.org/10.1080/00222935808650947Original name as described
Chimarrogale hantu
Other common names
Asiatic Water Shrew · Hantu Water Shrew
Type material
BMNH:Mamm:1958.296
Type kind
holotype
Type specimen URI
https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/8c859ac0-bf3e-404e-bf07-bf7da39da27aType locality
"banks of a stream at low altitude (under 1,000 ft. [= 305 m]) in the Ulu Langat Forest Reserve, Selangor, Malaya, about 20 km. east of Kuala Lumpur."
Biogeographic realm
Indomalaya
Country distribution
Malaysia · Thailand?
Taxonomy notes
recently moved from Chimarrogale to Crossogale, although recent publications have not followed this change on the basis of limited evidence and Crossogale is tentatively included under Chimarrogale as a subgenus here
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. · 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
Near Threatened
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