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Asiatic water shrew

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Scientific name
  
Chimarrogale

Rank
  
Genus

Family
  
Soricidae

Phylum
  
Chordata

Order
  
Eulipotyphla

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Lower classifications
  
Himalayan water shrew, Japanese water shrew, Malayan water shrew, Sumatran water shrew, Bornean water shrew

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)

    • References

    Asiatic water shrew Wikipedia
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