Asiatic water shrew

The Asiatic water shrews are the members of the genus Chimarrogale. They are mammals in the subfamily Soricinae of the family Soricidae.^[1] They are aquatic, with some species inhabiting streams.^[2] The genus contains the following species:

• Malayan water shrew (Chimarrogale hantu)
• Himalayan water shrew (Chimarrogale himalayica)
• Bornean water shrew (Chimarrogale phaeura)
• Japanese water shrew (Chimarrogale platycephalus)
• Chinese water shrew (Chimarrogale styani)
• Sumatran water shrew (Chimarrogale sumatrana)

Asiatic water shrews
Japanese water shrew (Chimarrogale platycephalus)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Eulipotyphla
Family:	Soricidae
Tribe:	Nectogalini
Genus:	Chimarrogale Anderson, 1877
Type species
Crossopus himalayicus