Chinese mole shrew
| Chinese mole shrew | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Eulipotyphla |
| Family: | Soricidae |
| Genus: | Anourosorex |
| Species: | A. squamipes |
| Binomial name | |
| Anourosorex squamipes Milne-Edwards, 1872 | |
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| Chinese mole shrew range | |
The Chinese mole shrew (Anourosorex squamipes) is one of four species of Asian mole shrew in the genus Anourosorex. It is in the shrew family.
Despite the name, it is found not only in China but also in Bhutan, India, Myanmar, Thailand, and Vietnam. Like all other species of the genus Anourosorex, the Chinese mole shrew is fossorial, and is found in montane forests.
In 2006, the Centers for Disease Control reported this species can carry a version of the hantavirus which is genetically distinct from rodent hantavirus and new to science.[2]
References
- Smith, A.T and Xie, Y. 2008. A guide to the mammals of China. Princeton University Press, New Jersey.
- ↑ Molur, S. (2008). Anourosorex squamipes. In: IUCN 2008. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Retrieved 18 February 2009.
- ↑ http://www.cdc.gov/eid/content/13/11/pdfs/1784.pdf
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