Common Names
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Common Names in English:
Mediterranean Water Shrew, Southern Water Shrew
Description
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Habitat
Typically found at an altitude of 0 to 3,037 meters (0 to 9,964 feet).Mean = 564.380 meters (1,851.640 feet), Standard Deviation = 541.320 based on 1,102 observations. Altitude information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre.
Biome: Terrestrial ; Freshwater
Taxonomy
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- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- Kingdom:
Animalia
()
- Linnaeus, 1758
- animals
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
()
- (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
()
- Grobben, 1908
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
()
- (Haeckel, 1874) Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Phylum:
Chordata
()
- Bateson, 1885
- Chordates
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
()
- Cuvier, 1812
- Vertebrates
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
()
- Auct.
- Jawed Vertebrates
- Superclass:
Tetrapoda
()
- Goodrich, 1930
- Class:
Mammalia
()
- C. Linnaeus, 1758
- Mammals
- Subclass:
Theriiformes
()
- (Rowe, 1988) M.c. Mckenna & S.k. Bell, 1997
- Infraclass:
Holotheria
()
- (Wible Et Al., 1995) M.c. Mckenna & S.k. Bell, 1997
- Superlegion:
Trechnotheria
()
- Mckenna, 1975
- Legion:
Cladotheria
()
- Mckenna, 1975
- Sublegion:
Zatheria
()
- Mckenna, 1975
- Infralegion:
Tribosphenida
()
- (Mckenna, 1975) M.c. Mckenna & S.k. Bell, 1997
- Supercohort:
Theria
()
- (Parker & Haswell, 1897) M.c. Mckenna & S.k. Bell, 1997
- Cohort:
Placentalia
()
- (Owen, 1837) M.c. Mckenna & S.k. Bell, 1997
- Magnorder:
Epitheria
()
- (Mckenna, 1975) M.c. Mckenna & S.k. Bell, 1997
- Superorder:
Preptotheria
()
- (Mckenna, 1975) Mckenna, in Stucky & Mckenna, in Benton, Ed., 1993
- Grandorder:
Lipotyphla
()
- (Haeckel, 1866) Mckenna, 1975
- Order:
Soricomorpha
()
- (Gregory, 1910) Mckenna, 1975
- Superfamily:
Soricoidea
()
- (Fischer De Waldheim, 1817) Gill, 1872
- Family:
Soricidae
()
- (Fischer De Waldheim, 1817) Gray, 1821
- Subfamily:
Soricinae
()
- Tribe:
Nectogalini
()
- Genus:
Neomys
()
- Kaup, 1829
- Specific name:
anomalus
- Cabrera, 1907
- Scientific name: - Neomys anomalus Cabrera, 1907
- Specific name:
anomalus
- Cabrera, 1907
- Genus:
Neomys
(
- Tribe:
Nectogalini
(
- Subfamily:
Soricinae
(
- Family:
Soricidae
(
- Superfamily:
Soricoidea
(
- Order:
Soricomorpha
(
- Grandorder:
Lipotyphla
(
- Superorder:
Preptotheria
(
- Magnorder:
Epitheria
(
- Cohort:
Placentalia
(
- Supercohort:
Theria
(
- Infralegion:
Tribosphenida
(
- Sublegion:
Zatheria
(
- Legion:
Cladotheria
(
- Superlegion:
Trechnotheria
(
- Infraclass:
Holotheria
(
- Subclass:
Theriiformes
(
- Class:
Mammalia
(
- Superclass:
Tetrapoda
(
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
(
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
(
- Phylum:
Chordata
(
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
(
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
(
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
(
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
Notes
Name Status: Accepted Name . Latest taxonomic scrutiny: 28-Nov-2006
Similar Species
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Members of the genus Neomys
There are approximately 13 species in this genus:
N. anomalus (Southern Water Shrew) · N. anomalus anomalus · N. anomalus milleri · N. anomalus rhenanus · N. anomalus soricoides · N. fodiens (Eurasian Water Shrew) · N. fodiens bicolor · N. fodiens fodiens · N. fodiens niethammeri · N. milleri · N. newtoni · N. schelkovnikovi · N. teres (Transcaucasian Water Shrew)
Bibliography
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- Bonn. Zool. Beitr. 27: 160
- Stone, D. (compiler) 1996. Eurasian Insectivores and Tree Shrews: Status, Survey and Conservation Action Plan. IUCN/SSC Insectivore, Tree Shrew and Elephant Shrew Specialist Group. IUCN, Gland, Switerzland.
- Wilson, D.E. and Reeder, D.M. (eds). 1993. Mammal Species of the World: a taxonomic and geographic reference. Second edition. Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington and London.
- Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds. 1993. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 2nd ed., 3rd printing. Smithsonian Institution Press. Washington, DC, USA. xviii + 1207. ISBN: 1-56098-217-9.
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Notes
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Contributors
- Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed November 12, 2007. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 18 providers.
- Insectivore Specialist Group 1996. In IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCNRedList.org. Downloaded July 20, 2008.
- Universal Biological Indexer and Organizer. uBio.org accessed July 17, 2008.
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal November 12, 2007:
- European Environment Agency, EUNIS
- Field Museum, Mammal specimens
- GBIF-Spain, Estacion Biologica Donana - CSIC, Mammal Collection
- Institute of Nature Conservation PAS, National System of Proetcted Areas
- Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History, Vertebrate specimens
- Mammal Research Institute PAS, Mammal Collection
- Marine Science Institute, UCSB, Paleobiology Database
- Museum of Vertebrate Zoology, Terrestrial vertebrate specimens
- University of Alaska Museum of the North, University of New Mexico Museum of Southwestern Biology Mammal Collection
- University of Minnesota Bell Museum of Natural History, Mammal specimens
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 2479693
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-633775
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 13804359
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 633775
- IUCN ID: 29657
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 12731
