# Water shrew

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**Water shrew** may refer to any of several species of [semiaquatic](/source/Semiaquatic) [red-toothed shrews](/source/Red-toothed_shrew):

- Asiatic water shrews (*[Chimarrogale](/source/Chimarrogale)* spp.) - [Malayan water shrew](/source/Malayan_water_shrew) (*C. hantu*) - [Himalayan water shrew](/source/Himalayan_water_shrew) (*C. himalayica*) - [Sunda water shrew](/source/Sunda_water_shrew) (*C. phaeura*) - [Japanese water shrew](/source/Japanese_water_shrew) (*C. platycephala*) - [Chinese water shrew](/source/Chinese_water_shrew) (*C. styani*) - [Sumatran water shrew](/source/Sumatran_water_shrew) (*C. sumatrana*)
- *[Nectogale](/source/Nectogale)* - [Elegant water shrew](/source/Elegant_water_shrew) (*N. elegans*)
- *[Neomys](/source/Neomys)* - [Mediterranean water shrew](/source/Mediterranean_water_shrew) (*N. anomalus*) - [Eurasian water shrew](/source/Eurasian_water_shrew) (*N. fodiens*) - [Transcaucasian water shrew](/source/Transcaucasian_water_shrew) (*N. teres*)
- *[Sorex](/source/Sorex)*: - [Glacier Bay water shrew](/source/Glacier_Bay_water_shrew) (*S. alaskanus*) - [American water shrew](/source/American_water_shrew) (*S. palustris*) - Pacific water shrew or [marsh shrew](/source/Marsh_shrew) (*S. bendirii*)

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