Asian mole shrew (Redirected from Anourosorex)
Genus of mammals
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 |
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 Anourosoricini tribe of red-toothed shrews. The four known species are:
- Assam mole shrew (A. assamensis)
- Giant mole shrew (A. schmidi)
- Chinese mole shrew (A. squamipes)
- Taiwanese mole shrew (A. yamashinai)
- †Japanese mole shrew (A. japonicus)
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