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.
It gets its scientific name hantu from the Malay word for ghost.
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“The tower nearest the water gets the moonlight first.”
—Chinese proverb.