Asiatic water shrew
The Asiatic water shrews are the members of the genus Chimarrogale. They are mammals in the subfamily Soricinae of the family Soricidae. The genus contains the following species:
- Malayan water shrew (Chimarrogale hantu)
- Himalayan water shrew (Chimarrogale himalayica)
- Bornean water shrew (Chimarrogale phaeura)
- Japanese water shrew (Chimarrogale platycephalus)
- Chinese water shrew (Chimarrogale styani)
- Sumatran water shrew (Chimarrogale sumatrana)
Taxon identifiers |
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Asiatic water shrews | |
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Japanese water shrew (Chimarrogale platycephalus) | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Eulipotyphla |
Family: | Soricidae |
Tribe: | Nectogalini |
Genus: | Chimarrogale Anderson, 1877 |
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