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Nectogale

Description

The elegant water shrew (Nectogale elegans) is a species of mammal in the subfamily Soricinae of the family Soricidae. It is monotypic within the genus Nectogale. It lives in Sikkim and China.


Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)2435492https://www.gbif.org/species/2435492
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)233989https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=233989
Rankgenus
Taxonomy (GBIF)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Soricomorpha : Soricidae : Nectogale
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Soricidae : Nectogale
Taxonomic Status (GBIF)accepted
Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)
RankNameAuthor
-Eukaryota
-OpisthokontaCavalier-Smith 1987
kingdomAnimalia
-TriploblasticaLankester 1877
-NephrozoaJondelius et al. 2002
-DeuterostomiaGrobben 1908
phylumChordataHaeckel 1847
subphylumVertebrataLamarck 1801
superclassGnathostomataGegenbauer 1874
-Osteichthyes
-SarcopterygiiRomer 1955
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha
subclassTetrapodomorpha
-Tetrapoda
-ReptiliomorphaSäve-Söderbergh 1934
-AnthracosauriaSäve-Söderbergh 1934
-Batrachosauria
-Cotylosauria
-AmniotaHaeckel 1866
-SynapsidaOsborn 1903
-Therapsida
infraorderCynodontia
-EpicynodontiaHopson and Kitching 2001
infraorderEucynodontiaKemp 1982
-ProbainognathiaHopson 1990
-MammaliamorphaRowe 1988
-MammaliaformesRowe 1988
classMammaliaLinnaeus 1758
subclassTribosphenida
infraclassEutheria
-PlacentaliaOwen 1837
-LaurasiatheriaWaddell et al. 1999
-Eulipotyphla
suborderSoricomorphaGregory 1910
familySoricidaeFischer 1814
subfamilySoricinaeFischer von Waldheim 1817
tribeNeomyiniMatschie 1909
genusNectogaleMilne-Edwards 1870
Scientific NameNectogale Milne-Edwards, 1870
Name Published InC.R. Acad. Sci. Paris vol.70 p.341
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Nectogalegenusbelongs to Neomyinistated without evidenceVan Valen, 1967
Nectogalegenusbelongs to Neomyinistated with evidenceGeorge, 1986
Status (PBDB)extant
Taxon Size (PBDB)1
Extant Size (PBDB)1 (100%)
Environmentterrestrial (based on Eutheria)
Motilityactively mobile (based on Osteichthyes)
Dietomnivore (based on Soricidae)
Taphonomyphosphatic (based on Vertebrata)
Primary Reference (PBDB)S. B. George. 1986. Evolution and historical biogeography of soricine shrews. Systematic Zoology 35(2):153-162
Common Name(s) Web-footed Water Shrew; Elegant Water Shrew
Wikipediahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nectogale

Subtaxa

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
Nectogale elegans
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Nectogale sikhimensis
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1870Nectogale Milne-Edwards p. 341
1967Nectogale Van Valen
1986Nectogale George p. 153

References

George S. B. (1986) Evolution and historical biogeography of soricine shrews, Systematic Zoology 35 2, 153-162
Van Valen L. (1967) New Paleocene insectivores and insectivore classification, Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 135 5, 217-284
Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds., 2005: null. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 3rd ed., vols. 1 & 2. 2142. - via Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)
Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds., 1992: null. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 2nd ed., 3rd printing. xviii + 1207. - via Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)
Nomenclator Zoologicus. A list of the names of genera and subgenera in zoology from the tenth edition of Linnaeus, 1758 to the end of 2004. Digitised by uBio from vols. 1-9 of Neave (ed.), 1939-1996 plus supplementary digital-only volume. http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus (as at 2006). - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
SN2000/McKenna & Bell, 1997 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M. (editors). (2005). Mammal Species of the World. A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd Ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore. 2,142 pp. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
as per family - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
C. R. Acad. Sci. Paris, 70 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!
 
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