Asian mole shrew

{{Short description|Genus of mammals}}

{{Automatic taxobox

| image = Anourosorex squamips yamashinai (adult) PShaner 2011-5-4.png

| image_caption = Taiwanese mole shrew (Anourosorex yamashinai)

| display_parents = 2

| parent_authority = Anderson, 1879{{MSW3 Soricomorpha| id = 13700329 | page = | heading = Tribe Anourosoricini}}

| taxon = Anourosorex

| authority = Milne-Edwards, 1872

| type_species = Anourosorex squamipes

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Asian mole shrews (Anourosorex) are a genus of shrews that resemble moles, from China, Taiwan, India, and Indochina. They are the only known genus of the red-toothed shrew tribe Anourosoricini. The four known species are:{{MSW3 Soricomorpha| id = 13700330 | page = | heading = Genus Anourosorex}}[http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/accounts/classification/Anourosorex.html#Anourosorex Genus Anourosorex (mole shrew)], UMich Animal Diversity Web.

• Assam mole shrew (A. assamensis)
• Giant mole shrew (A. schmidi)
• Chinese mole shrew (A. squamipes)
• Taiwanese mole shrew (A. yamashinai)
• †Japanese mole shrew (A. japonicus)