Malayan water shrew
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The Malayan water shrew (Chimarrogale hantu), also known as the hantu water shrew, is a red-toothed shrew recorded only from the Malaysian state of Selangor. It was listed as a critically endangered, but is now considered near threatened.[2]
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Malayan water shrew[1] | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Eulipotyphla |
Family: | Soricidae |
Genus: | Chimarrogale |
Species: | C. hantu |
Binomial name | |
Chimarrogale hantu Harrison, 1958 | |
Malayan water shrew range |
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It gets its scientific name hantu from the Malay word for ghost.