Asiatic water shrews
Japanese water shrew (Chimarrogale platycephalus)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Eulipotyphla
Family: Soricidae
Tribe: Nectogalini
Genus: Chimarrogale
Anderson, 1877
Type species
Crossopus himalayicus

The Asiatic water shrews are the members of the genus Chimarrogale. They are mammals in the subfamily Soricinae of the family Soricidae.[1] They are aquatic, with some species inhabiting streams.[2] The genus contains the following species:

References

  1. ^ Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M., eds. (2005). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
  2. ^ Wolff, Jerry; Guthrie, R. D. (December 1985). "Why Are Aquatic Small Mammals So Large?". Oikos. 45 (3): 365–373. Retrieved 21 March 2021.


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