Malayan Water Shrew

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.

Read more about Malayan Water Shrew:  Anatomy, Habitat

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