Water Shrew
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Water Shrew may refer to one of several species of aquatic red-toothed shrews:
- Genus Chimarrogale (Asiatic water shrews)
- Hantu Water Shrew (C. hantu)
- Himalayan Water Shrew (C. himalayica)
- Sunda Water Shrew (C. phaeura)
- Flat-headed Water Shrew (C. platycephala)
- Styan's Water Shrew (C. styani)
- Sumatra water shrew (C. sumatrana)
- Genus Nectogale
- Elegant Water Shrew (N. elegans)
- Genus Neomys (Eurasian water shrews)
- Southern Water Shrew (N. anomalus)
- Eurasian Water Shrew (N. fodiens)
- Transcaucasian Water Shrew (N. schelkovnikovi)
- Some members of genus Sorex are also known as water shrews:
- Glacier Bay Water Shrew (S. alaskanus)
- American Water Shrew (S. palustris)
- the Marsh Shrew (S. bendirii) is also known as the Pacific Water Shrew