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.

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

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