Asian mole shrew
Anourosorex | |
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Anourosorex squamipes | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Eulipotyphla |
Family: | Soricidae |
Subfamily: | Soricinae |
Tribe: | Anourosoricini |
Genus: | Anourosorex Milne-Edwards, 1872 |
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]
- Assam mole shrew (A. assamensis)
- Giant mole shrew (A. schmidi)
- Chinese mole shrew (A. squamipes)
- Taiwanese mole shrew (A. yamashinai)
References
- ↑ Hutterer, R. (2005). "Tribe Anourosoricini". In Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M. 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. 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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