Chimarrogale sumatrana
(O. Thomas, 1921)
Sumatran 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
Thomas, O. 1921-03-01. On a new genus and species of shrew, and some new Muridæ from the East-Indian Archipelago. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (9)7(39):243-249.
Authority publication link
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15626663Original name as described
Crossogale sumatrana
Other common names
Sumatra Water Shrew
Type material
BMNH:Mamm:1921.2.9.1
Type kind
holotype
Type specimen URI
https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/6a00812b-6965-4ee9-a236-35aa15007620Type locality
"Pager Alam, Padang Highlands," Sumatra, Indonesia.
Biogeographic realm
Indomalaya
Country distribution
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
Not Evaluated
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