Water shrew

Water shrew

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


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