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

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

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/15626663

Original 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-a236-35aa15007620

Type 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

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004192

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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.

Crossogale sumatrana

(O. Thomas, 1921)

Family

Soricidae

Root name

sumatrana

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1921.2.9.1

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/6a00812b-6965-4ee9-a236-35aa15007620

Authority page

244

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15626663

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #4649) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)

Chimarrogale sumatrana

Hutterer, 1993

Family

Soricidae

Root name

sumatrana

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

107

Authority publication

Washington

Name usages

  1. Hutterer (1993:107) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/65737)
  2. Hutterer (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9714)
  3. Wilson & Mittermeier (2018:454) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57916)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #4649) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004192) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  6. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/4649/22282082) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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