Asian mole shrew | |
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Taiwanese mole shrew (Anourosorex yamashinai) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Eulipotyphla |
Family: | Soricidae |
Subfamily: | Soricinae |
Tribe: | Anourosoricini Anderson, 1879 [1] |
Genus: | Anourosorex Milne-Edwards, 1872 |
Type species | |
Anourosorex squamipes |
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