The elegant water shrew (Nectogale elegans)[2] is a species of mammal in the subfamily Soricinae of the family Soricidae. It is the only species within the genus Nectogale.[3] It lives in Sikkim and China.
| Elegant water shrew | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Eulipotyphla |
| Family: | Soricidae |
| Tribe: | Nectogalini |
| Genus: | Nectogale Milne-Edwards, 1870 |
| Species: | N. elegans
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| Binomial name | |
| Nectogale elegans Milne-Edwards, 1870
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| Elegant water shrew range | |
References
edit- ^ Molur, S. (2016). "Nectogale elegans". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T41455A22319497. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-2.RLTS.T41455A22319497.en. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
- ^ Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M., eds. (2005). "Species Nectogale elegans". Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
- ^ Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M., eds. (2005). "Genus Nectogale". Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
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