Neomys Kaup 1829 (water shrew)

Mammalia - Soricomorpha - Soricidae

Synonyms: Crossopus Wagler 1832, Hydrogale Kaump 1829, Leucorrhynchus Kaup 1829, Myosictis Pomel 1854, Pinalia Gray 1838

Parent taxon: Neomyini according to S. B. George 1986

See also Carroll 1988, Kurten 1968 and Van Valen 1967

Sister taxa: Amblycoptus, Anourosorex, Builstynia, Chimarrogale, Chodsigoa, Episoriculus, Megasorex, Nectogale, Neomysorex, Soriculus

Subtaxa: Neomys fodiens

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Ecology: amphibious omnivore

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Austria (1 collection), the Czech Republic (1), France (1), Germany (1), Greece (1), Hungary (1), Italy (4), the Netherlands (1), Poland (1), Romania (1), Spain (6), the United Kingdom (1)

• Pliocene of Poland (1), Turkey (1), Ukraine (1)

Total: 23 collections each including a single occurrence

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