Giant Otter Shrew

Giant Otter Shrew

Taxobox
name = Giant Otter Shrew


status = LC
status_system = iucn3.1
status_ref = [IUCN2006 | assessors=Vogel, P. (Afrotheria Specialist Group) | year=2006 | id=18095 | title=Potamogale velox | downloaded=2006-05-11]
trend = down
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Mammalia
ordo = Afrosoricida
familia = Tenrecidae
subfamilia = Potamogalinae
genus = "Potamogale"
genus_authority = Du Chaillu, 1860
species = "P. velox"
binomial = "Potamogale velox"
binomial_authority = (Du Chaillu, 1860)

The Giant Otter Shrew ("Potamogale velox") is an aquatic, carnivorous tenrec that inhabits the Dzanga-Sangha tropical rainforest of Cameroon, where it lives along streams and in swamps. It is the only member of the genus "Potamogale". It is characterized by a long, flat tail, which it uses for swimming by sideways undulation, much like a crocodile. The Giant Otter Shrew feeds underwater on frogs, fish, crabs, and mollusks, which it locates with the thick bristles on its snout. It also has a remarkable resemblance to an Otter.

References

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