Soricidae Author Russell A. Mittermeier Author Don E. Wilson text 2018 2018-07-31 Lynx Edicions Barcelona Handbook of the Mammals of the World – Volume 8 Insectivores, Sloths and Colugos 332 551 book chapter http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6870843 978-84-16728-08-4 6870843 174. Chinese Water Shrew Chimarrogale styani French: Chimarrogale de Chine / German: Chinesische Wasserspitzmaus / Spanish: Musgano de China Other common names: Styan's Water Shrew Taxonomy. Chimarrogale styani de Winton, 1899 , “ Yang-liu-pa [= Yangliu ba, Pingwu] , N.W. Sechuen [= Sichuan ],” China . Chimarrogale styani is sometimes confused with C. himalayica but is supported as a distinct species by morphological and molecular evidence. In south-western China, the Chinese Water Shrew is sympatric with C. himalayica and perhaps Nectogale elegans . It is unclear whether they are syntopically distributed. Monotypic. Distribution. WC & SW China (SE Qinghai, S Gansu, SW Shaanxi, SE Tibet [= Xizang], W Sichuan, and NW Yunnan) and N Myanmar. Descriptive notes. Head-body 96-108 mm, tail 61-85 mm, hindfoot 20-23 mm. No specific data are available for body weight. Condylo-incisive lengths are 23-6-24-8 mm, and tooth rows are 10-1-10-6 mm. The Chinese Water Shrew is similar to the Himalayan Water Shrew ( C. himalayica ) but smaller, and there is no overlap in most skull measurements. Tail is obviously shorter than head-body length. Tail is bicolored and covered with white hair below. Ventral pelage is slate-black and covered with guard hairs that increase in length and number on rump. Dorsal and ventral pelage is obviously bicolored. All underparts including sides of face are white washed with yellow. Forefeet and hindfeet are white. Cusps of teeth are unpigmented. Habitat. Cool mountain streams at elevations of 1700-3500 m. Food and Feeding. No information. Breeding. No information. Activity patterns. Chinese Water Shrews are semi-aquatic. Movements, Home range and Social organization. No information. Status and Conservation. Classified as Least Concern on The IUCN Red List. The Chinese Water Shrew has a wide distribution, but little is known aboutits ecology and conservation status. Bibliography. Hoffmann (1987), Smith & Yan Xie (2008), Yuan Shouli et al. (2013).