Ruwenzori Otter Shrew

Ruwenzori Otter Shrew
Ruwenzori Otter Shrew[1]
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Afrosoricida
Family: Tenrecidae
Genus: Micropotamogale
Species: M. ruwenzorii
Binomial name
Micropotamogale ruwenzorii
(de Witte & Frechkop, 1955)
Ruwenzori Otter Shrew range

The Ruwenzori Otter Shrew (Micropotamogale ruwenzorii) is a species of semiaquatic mammal in the family Tenrecidae. It is found in Democratic Republic of the Congo and Uganda. Its natural habitat is rivers. It is threatened by habitat loss.[2]

References

  1. ^ Bronner, Gary N.; Jenkins, Paulina D. (16 November 2005). "Order Afrosoricida (pp. 71-81)". In Wilson, Don E., and Reeder, DeeAnn M., eds. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2 vols. (2142 pp.). pp. 76. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494. http://www.bucknell.edu/msw3. 
  2. ^ a b Vogel, P. (Afrotheria Specialist Group) (2008). Micropotamogale ruwenzorii. In: IUCN 2008. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 29 December 2008.