Micropotamogale

Micropotamogale
Micropotamogale[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Afrosoricida
Family: Tenrecidae
Genus: Micropotamogale
Balsac, 1954
Species
  • Micropotamogale ruwenzorii
  • Micropotamogale lamottei

Micropotamogale is a genus of small, otter-like tenrecs native to riverine habitats of West African rainforests. They feed on aquatic animals and insects they can find and capture.

Two species are recognized:

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. 75-76. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494. http://www.bucknell.edu/msw3.