Neomys anomalus

Cabrera, 1907

Iberian Water Shrew

Taxonomy

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

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Cabrera, Á. 1907-09-01. Three new Spanish insectivores. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (7)20(117):212-215.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26413455

Original name as described

Neomys anomalus

Other common names

Mediterranean Water Shrew · Miller's Water Shrew · Southern Water Shrew

Type material

MNCN 1140

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

"San Martin de la Vega (province of Madrid, on the Jarama River," Spain.

Biogeographic realm

Palearctic

Country distribution

Portugal · Spain · France

Taxonomy notes

previously included N. milleri

Taxonomy notes citation

Igea, J., Aymerich, P., Bannikova, A. A., Gosálbez, J., & Castresana, J. (2015). Multilocus species trees and species delimitation in a temporal context: application to the water shrews of the genus Neomys. BMC evolutionary biology, 15(1), 209.

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004201

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.

Neomys anomalus

Cabrera, 1907

Family

Soricidae

Root name

anomalus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MNCN 1140

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

214

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26413455

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Cabrera (1907:224, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1766264) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68772)
  2. Miller (1912:81, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8421400) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5948)
  3. Kahmann (1964:111) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35873)
  4. Corbet & Hill (1980:27) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  5. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:88, 89) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  6. Corbet & Hill (1991:31) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)
  7. Hutterer (1993:110) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/65737)
  8. Hutterer (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9714)
  9. Gippoliti (2013:14) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/25250)
  10. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #29657) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  11. Wilson & Mittermeier (2018:456) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57916)
  12. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #29657) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  13. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004201) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  14. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/29657/197521634) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Neomys fodiens anomalus

Mottaz, 1909

Family

Soricidae

Root name

anomalus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

179

Authority page URI

https://hdl.handle.net/2027/coo.31924071898765?urlappend=%3Bseq=187%3Bownerid=27021597769213693-191

Authority publication

Bulletin de la Société Zoologique de Genève

Name usages

Mottaz (1909:179, https://hdl.handle.net/2027/coo.31924071898765?urlappend=%3Bseq=187%3Bownerid=27021597769213693-191) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69365)

Neomys anomalus anomalus

D. E. Wilson & Mittermeier, 2018

Family

Soricidae

Root name

anomalus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

456

Authority publication

Barcelona

Name usages

Wilson & Mittermeier (2018:456) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57916)

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