Noteworthy Record of the Mediterranean Water Shrew (Neomys anomalus) from South-Western Iran (Mammalia: Soricomorpha)

Authors

HAMID REZA ESMAEILI
GHORBANALI GHOLAMHOSSEINI
AZAD TEIMORY
BORIS KRYSTUFEK

DOI

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Abstract

Three water shrew specimens were collected in the Sheshpir spring (2303 m a.s.l.), Fars province, south-western Iran. In pennial morphology, which is species-specific in the genus Neomys Kaup, 1829, the specimens were indistinguishable from N. anomalus Cabrera, 1907. The Sheshpir spring is located approximately 900 km to the south-south-west of Gorgan, the only site in Iran where N. anomalus has been known to occur so far. The spring is a stony basin with bare banks and poorly developed aquatic vegetation and as such is an atypical habitat for water shrews. It is noteworthy that fish are absent in the spring.

Keywords

Neomys anomalus, range extension, zoogeography, Iran

First Page

163

Last Page

166

Recommended Citation

ESMAEILI, HAMID REZA; GHOLAMHOSSEINI, GHORBANALI; TEIMORY, AZAD; and KRYSTUFEK, BORIS (2008) "Noteworthy Record of the Mediterranean Water Shrew (Neomys anomalus) from South-Western Iran (Mammalia: Soricomorpha)," Turkish Journal of Zoology: Vol. 32: No. 2, Article 9. Available at: https://journals.tubitak.gov.tr/zoology/vol32/iss2/9