Elegant water shrew

Elegant water shrew
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Eulipotyphla
Family: Soricidae
Genus: Nectogale
Species: N. elegans
Binomial name
Nectogale elegans
Elegant water shrew range

The elegant water shrew (Nectogale elegans) is a species of mammal in the subfamily Soricinae of the family Soricidae. It is monotypic within the genus Nectogale. It lives in Sikkim and China.

References

  1. Molur, S. (2016). "Nectogale elegans". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN. 2016: e.T41455A22319497. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-2.RLTS.T41455A22319497.en. Retrieved 9 November 2017.


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