Neomys teres Miller 1908

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Soricomorpha, Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 1, Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, pp. 220-311 : 279

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scientific name	Neomys teres Miller 1908
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Neomys teres Miller 1908 , Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 8, 1: 68.

Type Locality: NE Turkey, 25 mi. (40 km) N Erzerum, 7,000 ft. (2134 m).

Vernacular Names: Transcaucasian Water Shrew.

Synonyms: Neomys balkaricus Ognev 1926 ; Neomys leptodactylus Satunin 1914 ; Neomys schelkovnikovi Satunin 1913 .

Distribution: Caucasus ( Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia); and adjacent Turkey (Kryštufek and Vohralík, 2001) and Iran (specimen in ZFMK); eastern Palearctic limits unknown.

Conservation: IUCN – Lower Risk (lc) as N. schelkovnikovi .

Discussion: Better known as N. schelkovnikovi as reviewed by Sokolov and Tembotov (1989). Kryštufek et al. (1998) reviewed the species in Turkey and showed that teres is the corect name for the species. Karyotype (2n = 52, FN = 98) identical to that of the other two species (Graphodatsky et al., 1993).