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:
  • Glacier Bay Water Shrew (S. alaskanus)
  • American Water Shrew (S. palustris)
  • the Marsh Shrew (S. bendirii) is also known as the Pacific Water Shrew