The Bornean water shrew (''Chimarrogale phaeura'') is a species of

mammal A mammal () is a vertebrate animal of the Class (biology), class Mammalia (). Mammals are characterised by the presence of milk-producing mammary glands for feeding their young, a broad neocortex region of the brain, fur or hair, and three ...

in the family Soricidae. It is

endemic Endemism is the state of a species being found only in a single defined geographic location, such as an island, state, nation, country or other defined zone; organisms that are indigenous to a place are not endemic to it if they are also foun ...

Malaysia Malaysia is a country in Southeast Asia. Featuring the Tanjung Piai, southernmost point of continental Eurasia, it is a federation, federal constitutional monarchy consisting of States and federal territories of Malaysia, 13 states and thre ...

. Its natural habitat is rivers.

References

* Chimarrogale Endemic fauna of Malaysia Endemic fauna of Borneo Mammals of Malaysia Mammals of Borneo Taxonomy articles created by Polbot Mammals described in 1898 Taxa named by Oldfield Thomas {{redtoothed-shrew-stub