Asiatic water shrew
| 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: | Anderson, 1877 |
| Type species | |
| Crossopus himalayicus | |
The Asiatic water shrews are the members of the genus Chimarrogale. They are mammals in the subfamily Soricinae of the family Soricidae.[1] They are aquatic, with some species inhabiting streams.[2] 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)
References
- ^ Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M., eds. (2005). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
- ^ Wolff, Jerry; Guthrie, R. D. (December 1985). "Why Are Aquatic Small Mammals So Large?". Oikos. 45 (3): 365–373. Retrieved 21 March 2021.
Taxon identifiers | |
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| Chimarrogale | |
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