Asian mole shrew

Asian mole shrew
	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 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)

References

^ 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.
^ 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.
^ Genus Anourosorex (mole shrew), UMich Animal Diversity Web.

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[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.

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