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Sumatran Water Shrew
Chimarrogale sumatrana
- Order
- Eulipotyphla
- Family
- Soricidae
- Genus
- Chimarrogale
- IUCN status
- DD
- Distribution
- Indonesia
- Realm
- Indomalaya
Other names: Sumatra Water Shrew
About this species
- Habitat
- Streams in montane forest
- Range
- Padang highlands of western Sumatra
The Sumatran water shrew is a red-toothed shrew found only in the Padang highlands of western Sumatra, where it lives along streams in montane forest. It is known only from a damaged holotype specimen and is believed to be severely threatened by habitat loss (Wikipedia, general species account).
Description: Wildlife of Sumatra guide, Wildlife of Everywhere (wildlifeofeverywhere.com); general species information paraphrased from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
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