Neomys

Neomys
Neomys[1]
Temporal range: Pliocene to Recent
Southern Water Shrew (Neomys anomalus)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Soricomorpha
Family: Soricidae
Subfamily: Soricinae
Tribe: Nectogalini
Genus: Neomys
Kaup, 1829
Species

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:

References

  1. ^ 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.