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 (4): N. anomalus - N. fodiens - N. milleri – N. teres
Name
Neomys Kaup, 1829: 117
Type species: Sorex daubentonii Erxleben, 1777, by monotypy.
References
Primary references
Kaup, J. 1829. Skizzirte Entwickelungs-Geschichte und natürliches System der europäischen Thierwelt. Darmstadt & Leipzig, Carl Wilhelm Leske. i–xii; 1–203 BHL Reference page. p. 117
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 Paywall 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 Open access Reference page.
Links
Neomys 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.
Vernacular names
Deutsch: Wasserspitzmaus
English: Water Shrews
español: Musgaños
The genus Neomys is a group of four 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)
Iberian water shrew (Neomys anomalus) — Cabrera, 1907
Mediterranean water shrew (Neomys milleri) — Mottaz, 1907
Transcaucasian water shrew (Neomys teres) — Miller, 1908
Retrieved from "http://en.wikipedia.org/"
All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License
