Neomys fodiens Pennant, 1771

Jo, Yeong-Seok, Baccus, John T. & Koprowski, John L., 2018, Mammals of Korea: a review of their taxonomy, distribution and conservation status, Zootaxa 4522 (1), pp. 1-216 : 20-22

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https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4522.1.1

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DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4571099

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scientific name

Neomys fodiens Pennant, 1771
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Neomys fodiens Pennant, 1771 View in CoL View at ENA —Eurasian Water Shrew

Sorex fodiens Pennant, 1771 p.308 ; Type locality-Berlin, Germany.

Neomys fodiens orientis Thomas, 1914 p.564 ; Type locality- Swamps of Kammanajaretschka River, Semirechyia, Russian central Asia; Won, 1968 p.62; Yoon, 1992 p.22 ( Won (1968) and Yoon (1992) used the name orientalis , perhaps a misprint of orientis).

N. watasei Kishida, 1930 p.372 (Nomen nudum).

N. fodiens watasei: Kuroda, 1941 p.114 ; Type locality- Toyohara , Sakhalin Island, Russia.

N. limchunhunii Won, 1954 p.41 ; Type locality- Pungseo , Ryanggang Province, Korea.

N. fodiens: Won, 1968 p.62 View in CoL ; Han, 1994 p.45; Won & Smith, 1999 p.9; Han, 2004a p.28.

Range: Eurasian water shrews inhabit the northeastern peninsula from Mt. Baekdu southward to Mt. Seorak National Park along high mountain ranges ( Fig. 9 View FIGURE 9 ). Since the first collection of this species in 1953 near Ryanggang Province, mammalogists have viewed N. fodiens as a species from North Korea ( Won 1968). However, since 2007 this shrew has been observed in South Korea (NIBR 2012).

Remarks: This species was first described as a new species, Neomys limchunhunii Won, 1955 . Korean populations of the Eurasian water shrew are now considered N. fodiens orientis . Literature citations previously referred to this shrew as N. f. orientalis ( Won 1968; Yoon 1992; Won & Smith 1999), but Neomys fodiens orientis Thomas, 1914 had priority over Neomys fodiens orientalis Hinton, 1915 as the proper scientific name ( Corbet 1978).

Conservation status: The North Korean government classified N. fodiens as a ‘Rare’ species (MAB National Committee of DPR Korea 2002).

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Mammalia

Order

Soricomorpha

Family

Soricidae

Genus

Neomys

Loc

Neomys fodiens Pennant, 1771

Jo, Yeong-Seok, Baccus, John T. & Koprowski, John L. 2018
2018
Loc

N. fodiens: Won, 1968 p.62

Han 2004:
Won & Smith 1999:
Han 1994:
Won 1968:
1968
Loc

N. limchunhunii

Won 1954:
1954
Loc

N. fodiens watasei:

Kuroda 1941:
1941
Loc

N. watasei

Kishida 1930:
1930
Loc

Neomys fodiens orientis

Yoon 1992:
Won 1968:
Thomas 1914:
1914
Loc

Sorex fodiens

Pennant 1771:
1771
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