Nectogale elegans

A. Milne-Edwards, 1870

Elegant Water Shrew

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Boreoeutheria
Superorder : Laurasiatheria
Order : Eulipotyphla
Suborder : Erinaceota
Family : Soricidae
Subfamily : Soricinae
Tribe : Nectogalini
Genus : Nectogale

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Milne-Edwards, A. 1870-02-14. Note sur quelques Mammifères du Thibet oriental. Comptes rendus hebdomadaires des séances de l'Académie des sciences 70(7):341-342.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3703545

Original name as described

Nectogale elegans

Other common names

Web-footed Water Shrew

Type material

MNHN-ZM-MO-1870-6

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://coldb.mnhn.fr/catalognumber/mnhn/zm/mo-1870-6

Type locality

Moupin (= Baoxing), Sichuan, China.

Biogeographic realm

Palearctic

Country distribution

China

Taxonomy notes

previously included N. sikhimensis

Taxonomy notes citation

Fan, R., Tang, K., Dou, L., Fu, C., Faiz, A. U. H., Wang, X., ... & Liu, S. (2022). Molecular phylogeny and taxonomy of the genus Nectogale (Mammalia: Eulipotyphla: Soricidae). Ecology and Evolution, 12(10), e9404.

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004200

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.

Nectogale elegans

A. Milne-Edwards, 1870

Family

Soricidae

Root name

elegans

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MNHN-ZM-MO-1870-6

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://coldb.mnhn.fr/catalognumber/mnhn/zm/mo-1870-6

Authority page

341

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3703545

Authority publication

Comptes rendus hebdomadaires des séances de l'Académie des sciences

Name usages

  1. Corbet & Hill (1980:32) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  2. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:88) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  3. Hutterer (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9714)
  4. Smith & Xie (2008:311) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/64149)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #41455) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  6. Wilson & Mittermeier (2018:456) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57916)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #41455) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  8. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004200) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  9. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/41455/22319497) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Nectogale elegans elegans

A. T. Smith & Xie Yan, 2008

Family

Soricidae

Root name

elegans

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

312

Authority publication

Princeton

Name usages

Smith & Xie (2008:312) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/64149)

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