Micropotamogale

Genus of mammals

Micropotamogale
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Afrosoricida
Suborder: Tenrecomorpha
Family: Potamogalidae
Genus: Micropotamogale
Balsac, 1954
Type species
Micropotamogale lamottei
Balsac, 1954
Species
  • Micropotamogale ruwenzorii
  • Micropotamogale lamottei

Micropotamogale[1] is a genus of small, otter-like dwarf otter shrews native to riverine habitats of West African rainforests. They feed on aquatic animals and insects they can find and capture. They are afrotherian mammals most closely related to the tenrecs of Madagascar, but are not closely related to shrews or otters.[2]

Two species are recognized:

Conservation

The Ruwenzori otter shrew is considered to be of least concern, while the Nimba otter shrew is classified as vulnerable by the IUCN.

References

  1. ^ Bronner, G.N.; Jenkins, P.D. (2005). "Order Afrosoricida". In Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 75–76. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
  2. ^ Everson, K. M.; Soarimalala, V.; Goodman, S. M.; Olson, L. E. (2016). "Multiple Loci and Complete Taxonomic Sampling Resolve the Phylogeny and Biogeographic History of Tenrecs (Mammalia: Tenrecidae) and Reveal Higher Speciation Rates in Madagascar's Humid Forests". Systematic Biology. 65 (5): 890–909. doi:10.1093/sysbio/syw034. PMID 27103169.
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Extant Afrosoricida species
Suborder Tenrecomorpha
Potamogalidae
Micropotamogale
  • Nimba otter shrew (M. lamottei)
  • Ruwenzori otter shrew (M. ruwenzorii)
Potamogale
  • Giant otter shrew (P. velox)
Tenrecidae
(Tenrecs)
Geogalinae
Geogale
  • Large-eared tenrec (G. aurita)
Oryzorictinae
Microgale
  • Short-tailed shrew tenrec (M. brevicaudata)
  • Cowan's shrew tenrec (M. cowani)
  • Drouhard's shrew tenrec (M. drouhardi)
  • Dryad shrew tenrec (M. dryas)
  • Pale shrew tenrec (M. fotsifotsy)
  • Gracile shrew tenrec (M. gracilis)
  • Naked-nosed shrew tenrec (M. gymnorhyncha)
  • Jenkins' shrew tenrec (M. jenkinsae)
  • Northern shrew tenrec (M. jobihely)
  • Lesser long-tailed shrew tenrec (M. longicaudata)
  • Major's long-tailed tenrec (M. majori)
  • Web-footed tenrec (M. mergulus)
  • Montane shrew tenrec (M. monticola)
  • Nasolo's shrew tenrec (M. nasoloi)
  • Pygmy shrew tenrec (M. parvula)
  • Greater long-tailed shrew tenrec (M. principula)
  • Least shrew tenrec (M. pusilla)
  • Shrew-toothed shrew tenrec (M. soricoides)
  • Taiva shrew tenrec (M. taiva)
  • Thomas's shrew tenrec (M. thomasi)
Nesogale
  • Dobson's shrew tenrec (N. dobsoni)
  • Talazac's shrew tenrec (N. talazaci)
Oryzorictes
(Rice tenrecs)
  • Mole-like rice tenrec (O. hova)
  • Four-toed rice tenrec (O. tetradactylus)
Tenrecinae
Echinops
  • Lesser hedgehog tenrec (E. telfairi)
Hemicentetes
  • Highland streaked tenrec (H. nigriceps)
  • Lowland streaked tenrec (H. semispinosus)
Setifer
  • Greater hedgehog tenrec (S. setosus)
Tenrec
  • Tailless tenrec (T. ecaudatus)
Suborder Chrysochloridea (golden moles)
Chrysochlorinae
Carpitalpa
  • Arends's golden mole (C. arendsi)
Chlorotalpa
  • Duthie's golden mole (C. duthieae)
  • Sclater's golden mole (C. sclateri)
Chrysochloris
Subgenus Chrysochloris:
  • Cape golden mole (C. asiatica)
  • Visagie's golden mole (C. visagiei)
Subgenus Kilimatalpa:
  • Stuhlmann's golden mole (C. stuhlmanni)
Chrysospalax
  • Giant golden mole (C. trevelyani)
  • Rough-haired golden mole (C. villosus)
Cryptochloris
  • De Winton's golden mole (C. wintoni)
  • Van Zyl's golden mole (C. zyli)
Eremitalpa
  • Grant's golden mole (E. granti)
Amblysominae
Amblysomus
  • Fynbos golden mole (A. corriae)
  • Hottentot golden mole (A. hottentotus)
  • Marley's golden mole (A. marleyi)
  • Robust golden mole (A. robustus)
  • Highveld golden mole (A. septentrionalis)
Calcochloris
Subgenus Huetia:
  • Congo golden mole (C. leucorhinus)
Subgenus Calcochloris:
  • Yellow golden mole (C. obtusirostris)
Subgenus incertae sedis:
  • Somali golden mole (C. tytonis)
Neamblysomus
  • Gunning's golden mole (N. gunningi)
  • Juliana's golden mole (N. julianae)
Taxon identifiers
Micropotamogale


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