Water Shrew may refer to any of several species of semi-aquatic red-toothed shrews:
- Asiatic water shrews (Chimarrogale spp.)
- Malayan Water Shrew (C. hantu)
- Himalayan Water Shrew (C. himalayica)
- Sunda Water Shrew (C. phaeura)
- Japanese Water Shrew (C. platycephala)
- Chinese Water Shrew (C. styani)
- Sumatran Water Shrew (C. sumatrana)
- Nectogale
- Elegant Water Shrew (N. elegans)
- Neomys
- Mediterranean Water Shrew (N. anomalus)
- Eurasian Water Shrew (N. fodiens)
- Transcaucasian Water Shrew (N. teres)
- Sorex:
- Glacier Bay Water Shrew (S. alaskanus)
- American Water Shrew (S. palustris)
- Pacific Water Shrew or Marsh Shrew (S. bendirii)
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