Neomys milleri

Mottaz, 1907

Mediterranean 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

Authority citation

Mém. Soc. zool. Fr. 20: 22

Original name as described

Neomys milleri

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1962.1208

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/7c7024ef-38ad-4f72-b22f-393dd45e3f86

Type locality

Chesières, Alpes Vaudoises, 1230 m, Switzerland.

Biogeographic realm

Palearctic

Country distribution

France · Spain · Belgium · Luxembourg · Germany · Switzerland · Liechtenstein · Italy · Austria · Slovenia · Croatia · Bosnia and Herzegovina · Czech Republic · Poland · Slovakia · Hungary · Serbia · Kosovo · Montenegro · North Macedonia · Greece · Albania · Bulgaria · Turkey · Romania · Moldova · Ukraine · Russia · Belarus · Iran

Taxonomy notes

split from N. anomalus

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/1004203

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 milleri jošti

V. E. Martino & E. V. Martino, 1940

Family

Soricidae

Root name

josti

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1937.4.22.38

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/d2cec874-a042-4a85-b455-b3290d93d147

Authority page

494

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

Hutterer (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9714)

Neomys milleri

Mottaz, 1907

Family

Soricidae

Root name

milleri

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1962.1208

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/7c7024ef-38ad-4f72-b22f-393dd45e3f86

Authority page

22

Authority publication

Mémoires de la Société Zoologique de France

Name usages

  1. Hutterer (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9714)
  2. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #100000634) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  3. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004203) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  4. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/221738646/221738688) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Neomys anomalus rhenanus

E. von Lehmann, 1976

Family

Soricidae

Root name

rhenanus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ZFMK:Mamm:1971.62

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

160

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/44714310

Authority publication

Bonner zoologische Beiträge

Name usages

  1. Hutterer (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9714)
  2. Wilson & Mittermeier (2018:456) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57916)

Neomys soricioides

Ognev, 1922

Family

Soricidae

Root name

soricioides

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ZIN S. 8466

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

347

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8482966

Authority publication

Annuaire du Musée Zoologique de l'Académie des Sciences de Russie

Neomys soricoides

Pavlinov & Rossolimo, 1987

Family

Soricidae

Root name

soricoides

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

29

Authority publication

Moscow

Name usages

Hutterer (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9714)

Neomys anomalus josti

D. E. Wilson & Mittermeier, 2018

Family

Soricidae

Root name

josti

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)

Neomys anomalus milleri

D. E. Wilson & Mittermeier, 2018

Family

Soricidae

Root name

milleri

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)

Neomys anomalus mokrzeckii

D. E. Wilson & Mittermeier, 2018

Family

Soricidae

Root name

mokrzeckii

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)

Neomys anomalus soricoides

D. E. Wilson & Mittermeier, 2018

Family

Soricidae

Root name

soricoides

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination · incorrect_subsequent_spelling

Authority page

456

Authority publication

Barcelona

Name usages

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

Sorex amphibius

(Brehm in H. R. Schinz, 1825)

Family

Soricidae

Root name

amphibius

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

307

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/51523724

Authority publication

Stuttgart

Name usages

  1. Lesson (1836:233, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/62814916) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/61467)
  2. Hutterer (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9714)

Neomys fodiens mokrzeckii

V. E. Martino, 1917

Family

Soricidae

Root name

mokrzeckii

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

1

Authority publication

Записки Крымского о-ва естествоиспытателей и любителей природы

Name usages

Hutterer (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9714)

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