Neomys
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| Neomys[1] Temporal range: Pliocene to Recent |
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| Southern Water Shrew (Neomys anomalus) | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Soricomorpha |
| Family: | Soricidae |
| Subfamily: | Soricinae |
| Tribe: | Nectogalini |
| Genus: | Neomys Kaup, 1829 |
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The genus Neomys is a group of three Eurasian water shrews from the subfamily Soricinae of the family Soricidae. These shrews are found in most of Europe, and parts of Northern Asia as well as Turkey and Iran. Its member species are:
- Eurasian Water Shrew (Neomys fodiens) — (Pennant, 1771)
- Mediterranean Water Shrew (Neomys anomalus) — Cabrera, 1907
- Transcaucasian Water Shrew (Neomys teres) — Satunin, 1913
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Wikispecies has information related to: Neomys |
- ^ Hutterer, Rainer (16 November 2005). Wilson, Don E., and Reeder, DeeAnn M.. ed. Mammal Species of the World (3rd ed.). Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2 vols. (2142 pp.). pp. 278-280. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494. http://www.bucknell.edu/msw3.
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