Nectogale elegans Milne-Edwards 1870

Nectogale elegans Milne-Edwards 1870, C. R. Acad. Sci. Paris, 70: 341.

Type Locality: China, Sichuan, Moupin (= Baoxing).

Vernacular Names: Elegant Water Shrew.

Synonyms: Nectogale sikhimensis de Winton 1899 .

Distribution: Cold mountain streams across the Himalayas and in W and C China; Tibet (Xizang Aut. Region), Nepal, Sikkim (India), Bhutan, N Burma, and Yunnan, Sichuan and Shaanxi (China).

Conservation: IUCN – Lower Risk (lc).

Discussion: A species highly adapted for a semi-aquatic life (Hutterer, 1985). Includes sikhimensis, see Ellerman and Morrison-Scott (1951) and Hoffmann (1987). Reviewed by Hutterer (1993 b).