Chimarrogale phaeura

O. Thomas, 1898

Bornean 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

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Thomas, O. 1898-09-01. Descriptions of new Bornean and Sumatran mammals. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (7)2(9):245-251.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/19336035

Original name as described

Chimarrogale phæura

Other common names

Borneo Water Shrew · Sunda Water Shrew

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1898.11.3.2

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/d8c398e3-ef53-4c65-be26-3795ef23555b

Type locality

"Saiap, Mount Kina Balu," Sabah, Malaysia.

Biogeographic realm

Indomalaya

Country distribution

Malaysia · Indonesia?

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

Endangered

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004191

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 phæura

O. Thomas, 1898

Family

Soricidae

Root name

phaeura

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1898.11.3.2

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/d8c398e3-ef53-4c65-be26-3795ef23555b

Authority page

246

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/19336035

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Thomas (1898:246, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/19336035) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/16290)
  2. Corbet & Hill (1980:32) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  3. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:69) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  4. Hutterer (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9714)
  5. Wilson & Mittermeier (2018:454) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57916)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #4648) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004191) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  8. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/4648/22281839) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Crossogale phaeura

(Mammal Diversity Database, 2018)

Family

Soricidae

Root name

phaeura

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination · unpublished_electronic

Authority page

ID #4648

Name usages

Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #4648) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)

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