Asian mole shrew

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)

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[1]
Genus:	Anourosorex Milne-Edwards, 1872
Type species
Anourosorex squamipes

References

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.