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