Neomys fodiens

(Pennant, 1771)

Eurasian 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

Pennant, T. 1771. Synopsis of Quadrupeds. J. Monk, Chester, 382 pp.

Original name as described

Sorex fodiens

Other common names

Northern Water Shrew · Water Shrew

Type locality

Berlin, Germany.

Biogeographic realm

Palearctic

Country distribution

United Kingdom · Spain · France · Luxembourg · Netherlands · Belgium · Germany · Denmark · Switzerland · Italy · Liechtenstein · Austria · Czech Republic · Poland · Hungary · Slovakia · Slovenia · Croatia · Bosnia and Herzegovina · Serbia · Kosovo · Albania · Montenegro · North Macedonia · Greece · Turkey · Bulgaria · Romania · Moldova · Ukraine · Belarus · Lithuania · Latvia · Estonia · Norway · Sweden · Finland · Russia · Kazakhstan · Kyrgyzstan · China · Mongolia · North Korea

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

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