Asian mole shrew

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Asian mole shrew
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Taiwanese mole shrew (Anourosorex yamashinai)
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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

Asian mole shrews (Anourosorex) are a genus of shrews that resemble moles, from China, Taiwan, India, and Indochina. They are the only known genus of the red-toothed shrew tribe Anourosoricini. The four known species are: [2] [3]

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References

  1. Hutterer, R. (2005). "Tribe Anourosoricini". In Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 220–311. ISBN   978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC   62265494.
  2. Hutterer, R. (2005). "Genus Anourosorex". In Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 220–311. ISBN   978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC   62265494.
  3. Genus Anourosorex (mole shrew), UMich Animal Diversity Web.