Asiatic water shrew
Asiatic water shrews | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Soricomorpha |
Family: | Soricidae |
Genus: | Chimarrogale Anderson, 1877 |
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)