Nectogale sikhimensis
de Winton, 1899
Sikkim 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
Authority citation
de Winton, W.E. 1899-10. On Chinese mammals, principally from western Sechuen. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1899(3):572-578.
Authority publication link
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30951616Original name as described
Nectogale sikhimensis
Type material
BMNH:Mamm:1896.1.1.9
Type kind
holotype
Type specimen URI
https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/018600bb-fdac-4691-86c0-8d1561f48817Type locality
Lathong, 10,000 ft., Sikkim, India.
Biogeographic realm
Palearctic · Indomalaya
Country distribution
Nepal · India · Bhutan · China · Myanmar
Taxonomy notes
spit from N. elegans
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
Not Evaluated
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