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
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Eulipotyphla
Family: Soricidae
Tribe: Nectogalini
Genus: Nectogale
Milne-Edwards, 1870
Species:
N. elegans
Binomial name
Nectogale elegans
Elegant water shrew range

References

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  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ 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.