Elegant water shrew

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
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific 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 Milne-Edwards, 1870
Elegant water shrew range

References

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.