The Asiatic water shrews are the members of the genus ''Chimarrogale''. They are

mammal Mammals () are a group of vertebrate animals constituting the class Mammalia (), characterized by the presence of mammary glands which in females produce milk for feeding (nursing) their young, a neocortex (a region of the brain), fur or ...

s in the subfamily

Soricinae 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 ...

of the family Soricidae. They are aquatic, with some species inhabiting streams. The genus contains the following species: * Malayan water shrew (''Chimarrogale hantu'') * Himalayan water shrew (''Chimarrogale himalayica'') * Bornean water shrew (''Chimarrogale phaeura'') * Japanese water shrew (''Chimarrogale platycephalus'') * Chinese water shrew (''Chimarrogale styani'') *

Sumatran water shrew The Sumatran water shrew (''Chimarrogale sumatrana'') is a red-toothed shrew found only in the Padang highlands of western Sumatra, Indonesia. Its natural habitats are streams in montane forests. The species is only known from a holotype, which i ...

(''Chimarrogale sumatrana'')

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