Neomys anomalus

Neomys anomalus

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: Cladotheria Cladus: Prototribosphenida Cladus: Zatheria Cladus: Tribosphenida Cladus: Boreosphenida Subclassis: Theria Cladus: Eutheria Infraclassis: Placentalia Magnordo: Boreoeutheria Superordo: Laurasiatheria Ordo: Eulipotyphla

Familia: Soricidae
Subfamilia: Soricinae
Tribus: Nectogalini
Genus: Neomys
Species: Neomys anomalus

Name

Neomys anomalus Cabrera, 1907: 214

• Holotype: MNCN No. 1140, adult ♂, skin and skull, collected in December 1892.
• Type locality: “San Martin de la Vega (province of Madrid, on the Jarama River)”, Spain.

References

Primary references

• Cabrera, A. 1907. Three new Spanish insectivores. Annals and Magazine of Natural History. Series 7 20(117): 212–215. DOI: 10.1080/00222930709487326

Additional references

• Castiglia, R., Annesi, F., Aloise, G. & Amori, G. 2007. Mitochondrial DNA reveals different phylogeographic structures in the water shrews Neomys anomalus and N. fodiens (Insectivora: Soricidae) in Europe. Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research 45(3): 255–262. DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0469.2006.00391.x Reference page. 
• Igea, J., Aymerich, P., Bannikova, A.A., Gosálbez, J. & Castresana, J. 2015. Multilocus species trees and species delimitation in a temporal context: application to the water shrews of the genus Neomys. BMC Evolutionary Biology 15: 209. DOI: 10.1186/s12862-015-0485-z Reference page. 
• Querejeta, M. & Castresana, J. 2018. Evolutionary history of the endemic water shrew Neomys anomalus: Recurrent phylogeographic patterns in semi-aquatic mammals of the Iberian Peninsula. Ecology and Evolution 8(20): 10138–10146. DOI: 10.1002/ece3.4487 Reference page. 

Links

• Neomys anomalus in Mammal Species of the World.
  Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn M. (Editors) 2005. Mammal Species of the World – A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. Third edition. ISBN 0-8018-8221-4.
• Hutterer, R., Kryštufek, B., Yigit, N., Mitsainas, G., Meinig, H., Bertolino, S. & Palomo, L. 2021. IUCN: Neomys anomalus  (Least Concern) (amended version of 2016 assessment). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2021: e.T29657A197521634. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-1.RLTS.T29657A197521634.en. Accessed on 25 October 2022.

Vernacular names

English: Mediterranean Water Shrew
español: Musgaño de Cabrera
galego: Muraño de Cabrera

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