- Turkish Journal of Zoology
- Vol: 32 Issue: 2
- Noteworthy Record of the Mediterranean Water Shrew (Neomys anomalus) from South-Western Iran (Mammal...
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
Pages : 163-166
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Publication Date : 9999-12-31
Article Type : Makaleler
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