Nectogalini

Nectogalini[1]
Southern water shrew (Neomys anomalus)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Eulipotyphla
Family: Soricidae
Subfamily: Soricinae
Tribe: Nectogalini
Andersson, 1879
Genera

Nectogalini is a tribe of Old World water shrews within the family Soricidae. As of late 2007, it consisted of six extant genera and 25 species, with some of the latter being further divided into subspecies. Some, but not all members of the tribe are semiaquatic.

  1. ^ Anderson, J. 1879. Anatomical and zoological researches in western Yunnan. Quaritch, London, 984 pp.