Biology:Asian mole shrew

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Short description: Genus of mammals

Asian mole shrew
Anourosorex squamips yamashinai (adult) PShaner 2011-5-4.png
Taiwanese mole shrew (Anourosorex yamashinai)
Scientific classification e
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 Anourosoricini tribe of red-toothed shrews. The four known species are:[2][3]

References

Wikidata ☰ Q2300900 entry