HOME --> CLASS MAMMALIA
--> ORDER AFROSORICIDA
--> SUBORDER TENRECOMORPHA
--> FAMILY Tenrecidae
--> SUBFAMILY Potamogalinae
--> GENUS Micropotamogale
SPECIES Micropotamogale ruwenzorii
Author: | de Witte and Frechkop, 1955. | Citation: | Bull. Inst. r. Sci. nat. Belg., 31(84): 9. | Common Name: | Ruwenzori Otter Shrew | Type Locality: | "Rivière Talya, à Mutsora (station du Parc National Albert), contreforts occidentaux du massif Ruwenzori, altitudes 1100 – 1200 m." [Mutsora, Talya River, W slopes of Mt. Ruwenzori, Dem. Rep. Congo]. | Distribution: | Ruwenzori region (Uganda, Dem. Rep. Congo), and W of Lake Edward and Lake Kivu (Dem. Rep. Congo). | Status: | IUCN – Endangered. | |
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