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HOME --> CLASS MAMMALIA
--> ORDER AFROSORICIDA
--> SUBORDER TENRECOMORPHA
--> FAMILY Tenrecidae
--> SUBFAMILY Potamogalinae
--> GENUS Potamogale
SPECIES Potamogale velox
| Author: | Du Chaillu, 1860. | | Citation: | Proc. Boston Soc. Nat. Hist., 7: 361. | | Common Name: | Giant Otter Shrew | | Type Locality: | "Mountains of the interior, or in the hilly country … north and south of the equator, Equatorial Africa" [Gabon]. | | Distribution: | Tropical Africa: Angola, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Republic of Congo, Dem. Rep. Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Kenya, Nigeria, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda. | | Status: | IUCN – Endangered. | |
| Offspring: | Synonyms:
allmani Jentink, 1895
argens Thomas, 1915
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