Asian mole shrews (''Anourosorex'') are a

genus Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus com ...

shrew Shrews (family Soricidae) are small mole-like mammals classified in the order Eulipotyphla. True shrews are not to be confused with treeshrews, otter shrews, elephant shrews, West Indies shrews, or marsupial shrews, which belong to different fa ...

s that resemble

moles Moles can refer to: *Moles de Xert, a mountain range in the Baix Maestrat comarca, Valencian Community, Spain *The Moles (Australian band) *The Moles, alter ego of Scottish band Simon Dupree and the Big Sound People *Abraham Moles, French engineer ...

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China China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. It is the world's most populous country, with a population exceeding 1.4 billion, slightly ahead of India. China spans the equivalent of five time zones and ...

Taiwan Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), is a country in East Asia, at the junction of the East and South China Seas in the northwestern Pacific Ocean, with the People's Republic of China (PRC) to the northwest, Japan to the nort ...

India India, officially the Republic of India (Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area, the second-most populous country, and the most populous democracy in the world. Bounded by the Indian Ocean on the so ...

, and

Indochina Mainland Southeast Asia, also known as the Indochinese Peninsula or Indochina, is the continental portion of Southeast Asia. It lies east of the Indian subcontinent and south of Mainland China and is bordered by the Indian Ocean to the west an ...

. They are the only known genus of the Anourosoricini tribe of

red-toothed shrews The red-toothed shrews of the subfamily Soricinae are one of three living subfamilies of shrews, along with Crocidurinae (white-toothed shrews) and Myosoricinae (African white-toothed shrews). In addition, the family contains the extinct subfamil ...

. The four known species are:Genus Anourosorex (mole shrew)
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Assam mole shrew The Assam mole shrew (''Anourosorex assamensis'') is a species of red-toothed shrew endemic to northeast India India, officially the Republic of India (Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area, the ...

(''A. assamensis'') *

Giant mole shrew The giant mole shrew (''Anourosorex schmidi'') is a species of red-toothed shrew native to the southeastern slopes of the Himalaya of Bhutan and India. References giant mole shrew Mammals of Bhutan Fauna of Sikkim Fauna of Eastern Himalay ...

(''A. schmidi'') *

Chinese mole shrew The Chinese mole shrew (''Anourosorex squamipes'') is one of four species of Asian mole shrew in the genus ''Anourosorex''. Despite the name, it is found not only in China but also in northeast India, Myanmar, Thailand, and Vietnam. Like all ...

(''A. squamipes'') *

Taiwanese mole shrew The Taiwanese mole shrew (''Anourosorex yamashinai'') is one of four species of red-toothed shrews in the genus ''Anourosorex''. It is endemic to Taiwan Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), is a country in East Asia, at the j ...

(''A. yamashinai'') *†

Japanese mole shrew ''Anourosorex japonicus'', also known as the Japanese mole shrew, is an extinct species of shrew that was endemic to Japan during the Late Pleistocene. No species of ''Anourosorex'' is currently present in Japan, although they are widespread thr ...

(''A. japonicus'')

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