Malayan water shrew

Malayan water shrew[1]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Eulipotyphla
Family: Soricidae
Genus: Chimarrogale
Species:
C. hantu
Binomial name
Chimarrogale hantu
Harrison, 1958
Malayan water shrew range

The Malayan water shrew (Chimarrogale hantu), also known as the hantu water shrew, is a red-toothed shrew recorded only from the Malaysian state of Selangor. It was listed as a critically endangered, but is now considered near threatened.[2]

It gets its scientific name hantu from the Malay word for ghost.

  1. ^ Hutterer, R. (2005). Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M. (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 275. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
  2. ^ a b Gerrie, R.; Kennerley, R. (2018). "Chimarrogale hantu". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T4647A22281948. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-1.RLTS.T4647A22281948.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.