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

genus Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...

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 dif ...

s that resemble moles, from China, Taiwan, India, and

Indochina Mainland Southeast Asia (historically known as Indochina and the Indochinese Peninsula) 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 th ...

. They are the only known genus of the

red-toothed shrew 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 subfam ...

tribe Anourosoricini. 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, is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by area, s ...

(''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 India, officially the Republic of India, is a country in South Asia. It is the List ...

(''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 Endemism is the state of a species being found only in a single defined geographic location, such ...

(''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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