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)
    • Malayan Water Shrew (C. hantu)
    • Himalayan Water Shrew (C. himalayica)
    • Sunda Water Shrew (C. phaeura)
    • Japanese Water Shrew (C. platycephala)
    • Chinese Water Shrew (C. styani)
    • Sumatran Water Shrew (C. sumatrana)
  • Genus Nectogale
    • Elegant Water Shrew (N. elegans)
  • Genus Neomys (Eurasian water shrews)
    • Mediterranean Water Shrew (N. anomalus)
    • Eurasian Water Shrew (N. fodiens)
    • Transcaucasian Water Shrew (N. teres)
  • Some members of genus Sorex are also known as water shrews: