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Asian mole shrew
Taiwanese mole shrew(Anourosorex yamashinai)
Scientific classificationEdit this 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

Asian mole shrews(Anourosorex) are agenusofshrewsthat resemblemoles,from China, Taiwan, India, andIndochina.They are the only known genus of thered-toothed shrewtribeAnourosoricini.The four known species are:[2][3]

References

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  1. ^Hutterer, R. (2005)."Tribe Anourosoricini".InWilson, 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.ISBN978-0-8018-8221-0.OCLC62265494.
  2. ^Hutterer, R. (2005)."GenusAnourosorex".InWilson, 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.ISBN978-0-8018-8221-0.OCLC62265494.
  3. ^Genus Anourosorex (mole shrew),UMich Animal Diversity Web.