Mediterranean Water Shrew

species of mammal
Taxon taxon Q613721
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Summary

Mediterranean Water Shrew is a taxon[1]. It ranks in the top 0.83% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (261 views/month, #1,624 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Taxon rank: species[3]
  • IUCN conservation status: Least Concern[4]
  • Parent taxon: Neomys[5]
  • Taxon name: Neomys anomalus[6]
  • Commons category: Neomys anomalus[7]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Neomys anomalus[8]
  • Commons gallery: Neomys anomalus[9]
  • Has characteristic: viviparity[10]
  • Short name: N. anomalus[11]
  • Taxon common name: Musgaño De Cabrera[12], Crossope De Miller[13], Mediterranean Water Shrew[14], Miller's Water Shrew[15], Southern Water Shrew[16], Miller’s Water Shrew[17], Sumpfspitzmaus[18], Europäische Sumpfspitzmaus[19], Kleine Wasserspitzmaus[20], millers waterspitsmuis, moerasspitsmuis[21], millers water shrew, southern water shrew[22], murgañu de miller[23], močvirska rovka[24]
  • Gestation period: 20 day[25]
  • Type locality (biology): Spain[26]

Body

Identifiers

Mediterranean Water Shrew's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 46860[27]. Mediterranean Water Shrew's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 52814[28]. Mediterranean Water Shrew's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 1178935[29]. Mediterranean Water Shrew's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2435768[30]. Mediterranean Water Shrew's ITIS TSN is recorded as 633775[31].

Why It Matters

Mediterranean Water Shrew has Wikipedia articles in 18 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[32] It is known by 27 alternative names across languages and contexts.[33]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2022.2. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [28] ↑ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [31] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [29] ↑ . Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [30] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [13] ↑ . IUCN Red List. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [14] ↑ . IUCN Red List. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [15] ↑ . IUCN Red List. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  18. [16] ↑ . IUCN Red List. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  19. [17] ↑ . Wörterbuch der Säugetiernamen - Dictionary of Mammal Names. wikidata.org.
  20. [18] ↑ . Wörterbuch der Säugetiernamen - Dictionary of Mammal Names. Retrieved . species.be. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [19] ↑ . Wörterbuch der Säugetiernamen - Dictionary of Mammal Names. wikidata.org.
  22. [20] ↑ . Wörterbuch der Säugetiernamen - Dictionary of Mammal Names. wikidata.org.
  23. [21] ↑ . Belgian Species List. Retrieved . species.be. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [22] ↑ . Belgian Species List. Retrieved . species.be. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [23] ↑ . sabencia.net. sabencia.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  26. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [25] ↑ . Grzimeks Enzyklopädie. wikidata.org.
  28. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  29. [26] ↑ . mammaldiversity.org. mammaldiversity.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [32] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [33] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 3d ago · Jfpierce · 2026-10-14 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Has characteristic → viviparity
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Has characteristic: viviparity"
  2. 17d ago · Enwebb · 2026-09-30 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Iucn taxon id → 29657, 221738246
    Wikipedia languages → ['an', 'arz', 'avk', 'be', 'be_x_old', 'bg', 'br', 'ca', 'ceb', 'commons', 'cs',
    Claims rich → —
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  3. 8w ago · Yapy28 · 2026-08-16 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Interlingual index id → i45268
    Wordnet 3.1 synset id → 01895805-n
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  4. 16w ago · TadejM · 2026-06-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Taxon rank → species
    Gestation period → {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+20'}
    Taxon common name → {'lang': 'es', 'text': 'Musgaño De Cabrera'}, {'lang': 'fr', 'text': 'Crossope De Miller'}, {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Mediterranean Water Shrew'} +11
    Parent taxon → Neomys
    + 6 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Taxon common name: močvirska rovka"
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