{{Short description|Genus of mammals}} {{Automatic taxobox | name = Asiatic water shrews | image = Kawanezumi.jpg | image_caption = Japanese water shrew (''Chimarrogale platycephalus'') | taxon = Chimarrogale | authority = Anderson, 1877 | type_species = ''Crossopus himalayicus'' }}
The '''Asiatic water shrews''' are the members of the genus '''''Chimarrogale'''''. They are mammals in the subfamily Soricinae of the family Soricidae.<ref>{{MSW3|id=13700401}}</ref> They are aquatic, with some species inhabiting streams.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Wolff |first1=Jerry |last2=Guthrie |first2=R. D. |title=Why Are Aquatic Small Mammals So Large? |journal=Oikos |date=December 1985 |volume=45 |issue=3 |pages=365–373 |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/3565572 |access-date=21 March 2021}}</ref> 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 (''Chimarrogale sumatrana'')
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