Nectogale sikhimensis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Eulipotyphla

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Synapsida Cladus: Eupelycosauria Cladus: Sphenacodontia Cladus: Sphenacodontoidea Cladus: Therapsida Cladus: Theriodontia Cladus: Cynodontia Cladus: Eucynodontia Cladus: Probainognathia Cladus: Prozostrodontia Cladus: Mammaliaformes Classis: Mammalia Cladus: Theriimorpha Cladus: Theriiformes Cladus: Trechnotheria Cladus: Zatheria Subclassis: Theria Cladus: Eutheria Infraclassis: Placentalia Magnordo: Boreoeutheria Superordo: Laurasiatheria Ordo: Eulipotyphla

Familia: Soricidae
Subfamilia: Soricinae
Tribus: Nectogalini
Genus: Nectogale
Species: Nectogale sikhimensis

Name

Nectogale sikhimensis de Winton, 1899: 573

• Holotype: BMNH 1896.1.1.9, ♂, collected by Surg.-Maj. Waddell on October 1891.
• Type locality: “Lathong, 10,000 ft. alt”.

References

Primary references

• de Winton, W.E. 1899. On Chinese mammals, principally from western Sechuen. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 67(3): 572–578. BHL Reference page. 

Additional references

• Fan, R.-H., Tang, K.-Y., Dou, L., Fu, C.-K., Faiz, A.U.H., Wang, X.-M., Wang, Y.-F., Chen, S.-D. & Liu, S.-Y. 2022. Molecular phylogeny and taxonomy of the genus Nectogale (Mammalia: Eulipotyphla: Soricidae). Ecology and Evolution 12(10): e9404. DOI: 10.1002/ece3.9404 Reference page. 

Vernacular names

English: Sikkim Water Shrew